Amends the patent laws and the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 to provide that any invention made, used, or sold in outer space on an aeronautical and space vehicle under the jurisdiction or control of the United States shall be considered made, used, or sold within the United States, except as provided for by an international agreement. Applies this provision to all patents granted before, on, or after the date of enactment of this Act, with certain exceptions. Excepts from the provision any process, machine, article of manufacture, or composition of matter, an embodiment of which was launched prior to the effective date of this Act.
Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.
Referred to House Committee on Science and Technology.
Referred to Subcommittee on Space Science Applications.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported.
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Reported to House by House Committee on The Judiciary. Report No: 99-788 (Part I).
Reported to House by House Committee on The Judiciary. Report No: 99-788 (Part I).
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported.
Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Science and Technology. Report No: 99-788 (Part II).
Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Science and Technology. Report No: 99-788 (Part II).
Placed on Union Calendar No: 501.
Called up by House Under Suspension of Rules.
Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Passed House (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Referred to Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks.
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