Live coverage on cspan. All of our witnesses on the first and second panel are participating today. I apologize for being a few minutes late. We were in the middle of a two vote series so all of us at some point will get up and go vote and come back in my hope is we will be able to use this hearing regardless. I would like to particularly thank my Ranking Member and friend, senator tillis, and his staff for working so well together and putting this hearing together on a consensus basis. Today we are examining the patent eligibility act, our second drive through this ticket, and i am looking forward to a return. To a reconsideration of the court issues. More than 70 years ago, Congress Passed the patent act, and that law defined patent law subject matter very clearly. Congress intended to allow anything under the sun as made by man to be patentable. Other provisions in the act require that it should be novel, not obvious. Written descriptions served as defined filters, and that all chan
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Live coverage on cspan. All of our witnesses on the first and second panel are participating today. I apologize for being a few minutes late. We were in the middle of a two vote series so all of us at some point will get up and go vote and come back in my hope is we will be able to use this hearing regardless. I would like to particularly thank my Ranking Member and friend, senator tillis, and his staff for working so well together and putting this hearing together on a consensus basis. Today we are examining the patent eligibility act, our second drive through this ticket, and i am looking forward to a return. To a reconsideration of the court issues. More than 70 years ago, Congress Passed the patent act, and that law defined patent law subject matter very clearly. Congress intended to allow anything under the sun as made by man to be patentable. Other provisions in the act require that it should be novel, not obvious. Written descriptions served as defined filters, and that all chan
Live coverage on cspan. All of our witnesses on the first and second panel are participating today. I apologize for being a few minutes late. We were in the middle of a two vote series so all of us at some point will get up and go vote and come back in my hope is we will be able to use this hearing regardless. I would like to particularly thank my Ranking Member and friend, senator tillis, and his staff for working so well together and putting this hearing together on a consensus basis. Today we are examining the patent eligibility act, our second drive through this ticket, and i am looking forward to a return. To a reconsideration of the court issues. More than 70 years ago, Congress Passed the patent act, and that law defined patent law subject matter very clearly. Congress intended to allow anything under the sun as made by man to be patentable. Other provisions in the act require that it should be novel, not obvious. Written descriptions served as defined filters, and that all chan