S.515 - Patent Reform Act of 2009

A bill to amend title 35, United States Code, to provide for patent reform. view all titles (3)

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  • Short: Patent Reform Act of 2009 as introduced.
  • Official: A bill to amend title 35, United States Code, to provide for patent reform. as introduced.
  • Short: Patent Reform Act of 2009 as reported to senate.

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Interests that support this bill:

Top recipients for ALL supporting interest groups

Name Amount Received Vote On Passage
Sen. Charles Schumer [D, NY] $470,584
Sen. Robert Portman [R, OH] $395,953
Sen. Harry Reid [D, NV] $287,065
Sen. John Isakson [R, GA] $246,650
Sen. Scott Brown [R, MA] $225,776
Sen. Barbara Boxer [D, CA] $207,174
Sen. Mark Kirk [R, IL] $203,910
Sen. Michael Bennet [D, CO] $194,682
Sen. Patty Murray [D, WA] $194,623
Sen. Charles Grassley [R, IA] $191,825
 
Rep. Eric Cantor [R, VA-7] $198,950
Rep. Anna Eshoo [D, CA-14] $151,459
Rep. John Boehner [R, OH-8] $126,050
Rep. Michael Capuano [D, MA-8] $121,930
Rep. Steny Hoyer [D, MD-5] $121,200
Rep. Charles Rangel [D, NY-15] $114,522
Rep. James Moran [D, VA-8] $110,950
Rep. Richard Neal [D, MA-2] $105,050
Rep. Allyson Schwartz [D, PA-13] $95,196
Rep. James Clyburn [D, SC-6] $92,407

Specific Organizations Supporting S.515

  • Software & Information Industry Association
  • Rosetta Stone, Inc.
  • Air Liquide
  • Borealis Ventures
  • Greenough Communications
  • AstraZeneca
  • Baxter Healthcare Corporation
  • Beckman Coulter
  • Boston Scientific
  • Bridgestone America's Holding, Inc.
  • Bristol-Myers Squibb
  • Cargill
  • Caterpillar
  • Cephalon
  • Corning
  • Dow Chemical Company
  • DuPont
  • Eastman Chemical Company
  • Electronics for Imaging
  • Henkel Corporation
  • Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
  • Illinois Tool Works, Inc.
  • Johnson+Johnson Services, Inc.
  • Milliken & Company
  • Monsanto
  • Texas Insturments, Inc.
  • United Technologies Corporation
  • Weyerhaeuser
  • Wyeth
  • Zimmer, Inc.
  • Merck
  • Biotechnology Industry Organization
  • Exxon Mobil Corporation
  • Northrop Grumman
  • Novartis
  • PatentCafe.com, Inc.
  • PepsiCo Inc.
  • Pfizer, Inc.
  • Proctor & Gamble
  • Sangamo BioSciences, Inc.
  • IBM
  • Business Software Alliance
  • Microsoft Corporation
  • The Financial Services Roundtable
  • National Association of Realtors
  • Oracle
  • Charles River Ventures
  • Micron Technology, Inc.
  • Research in Motion
  • Autodesk, Inc
  • Cisco Systems
  • Sybase, Inc
  • Palm Inc.
  • Dell, Inc.
  • Jefferies and Company
  • Kalido
  • Hewlett Packard
  • Molecular
  • The MathWorks, Inc.
  • Seagate Technology Escrow
  • SAP
  • SkillSoft
  • Adobe Systems, Inc.
  • Intel Corporation
  • Google, Inc.
  • Intuit Inc.
  • CA, Inc
  • Symantec Corporation
  • Courion Corporation
  • Air Products and Chemicals
  • American Intellecutal Property Law Association
  • CheckFree Corporation
  • Cummins
  • Eli Lilly and Company
  • General Electric
  • Genzyme
  • GlaxoSmithKline
  • Medtronic
  • Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  • Motorola
  • SanDisk Corporation

Interests that oppose this bill:

Top recipients for ALL opposing interest groups

Name Amount Received
Sen. Harry Reid [D, NV] $3,846,323
Sen. Charles Schumer [D, NY] $3,279,208
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D, NY] $2,318,722
Sen. Patrick Toomey [R, PA] $1,668,673
Sen. Scott Brown [R, MA] $1,588,965
Sen. Robert Portman [R, OH] $1,477,624
Sen. Barbara Boxer [D, CA] $1,371,308
Sen. Mark Kirk [R, IL] $1,183,121
Sen. Michael Bennet [D, CO] $1,023,511
Sen. Roy Blunt [R, MO] $902,642
 
Rep. Eric Cantor [R, VA-7] $719,142
Rep. Michael Capuano [D, MA-8] $588,100
Rep. Steny Hoyer [D, MD-5] $510,550
Rep. Allyson Schwartz [D, PA-13] $458,584
Rep. James Clyburn [D, SC-6] $444,625
Rep. James Himes [D, CT-4] $386,143
Rep. Charles Rangel [D, NY-15] $386,050
Rep. Patrick Meehan [R, PA-7] $377,188
Rep. Bruce Braley [D, IA-1] $371,538
Rep. Nancy Pelosi [D, CA-8] $366,400

Specific Organizations Opposing S.515

  • AmberWave Systems
  • Aware, Inc.
  • Canopy Venture Partners, LLC
  • Cryptography Research
  • Cummins-Allison Corporation
  • Digimarc Corporation
  • Dolby Laboratories
  • Fallbrook Technologies, Inc.
  • Metabolix
  • Symyx
  • Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention
  • Conservative Leadership PAC
  • Center for Security Policy
  • Let Freedom Ring
  • Council for America
  • American Family Business Institute
  • Minuteman Civil Defense Corps
  • Council For Employment Law and Equality
  • NERA Economic Consulting
  • Immersion Corporation
  • Inframat Corporation
  • InterDigital Communications Corporation
  • Intermolecular, Inc.
  • LSI
  • Tessera
  • Intellectual Property Owners Association
  • OnLive
  • BASF
  • Gates Corporation
  • Medical Device Manufacturers Association
  • US Business and Industry Council
  • American Conservative Union
  • Traditional Values Coalition
  • Christian Coalition of America
  • The American Civil Rights Union
  • 60 Plus Association
  • Tradition, Family, Property, Inc.
  • The Capitol Hill Prayer Alert
  • VA Coalition for Common Sense on Climate Change and Energy
  • Abbiotec, LLC
  • Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers Association of America
  • Eagle Forum
  • American Innovators for Patent Reform
  • National Law Journal
  • Association of American Universities
  • American Council on Education
  • National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges
  • Association of American Medical Colleges
  • Council on Government Relations
  • Association of University Technology Managers
  • Abbott
  • Cantor Fitzgerald, LP
  • Helius, Inc.
  • QUALCOMM, Inc.
  • US Nanocorp
  • Council for National Policy Action, Inc.
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