H.R.1249 - America Invents Act

To amend title 35, United States Code, to provide for patent reform. view all titles (7)

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  • Short: Leahy-Smith America Invents Act as enacted.
  • Short: Leahy-Smith America Invents Act as passed senate.
  • Short: Leahy-Smith America Invents Act as passed house.
  • Short: America Invents Act as reported to house.
  • Short: America Invents Act as introduced.
  • Popular: America Invents Act as introduced.
  • Official: To amend title 35, United States Code, to provide for patent reform. as introduced.

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Interests that support this bill:

Top recipients for ALL supporting interest groups

Name Amount Received Vote On Passage
Rep. Eric Cantor [R, VA-7] $1,074,750 Aye
Rep. Michael Capuano [D, MA-8] $750,350 Aye
Rep. Steny Hoyer [D, MD-5] $716,107 Aye
Rep. John Boehner [R, OH-8] $713,590
Rep. James Clyburn [D, SC-6] $696,370 Aye
Rep. James Himes [D, CT-4] $680,427 Aye
Rep. Allyson Schwartz [D, PA-13] $559,319 Aye
Rep. David Camp [R, MI-4] $545,251 Aye
Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D, NY-14] $539,179 Aye
Rep. Charles Rangel [D, NY-15] $513,630 Abstain
 
Sen. Charles Schumer [D, NY] $3,938,514 Aye
Sen. Harry Reid [D, NV] $3,497,914 Aye
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D, NY] $2,780,271 Aye
Sen. Robert Portman [R, OH] $2,046,035 Aye
Sen. Mark Kirk [R, IL] $1,461,280 Aye
Sen. Barbara Boxer [D, CA] $1,394,948 Nay
Sen. Richard Shelby [R, AL] $1,345,550 Aye
Sen. Michael Bennet [D, CO] $1,291,090 Aye
Sen. Roy Blunt [R, MO] $1,183,624 Aye
Sen. Richard Burr [R, NC] $1,147,853 Aye

Specific Organizations Supporting H.R.1249

  • American Council on Education
  • Biotechnology Industry Organization
  • American Bankers Association
  • National Treasury Employees Union
  • Pfizer
  • Intel
  • Air Products
  • National Association of Manufacturers
  • Air Liquide
  • Procter & Gamble Company
  • American Intellectual Property Law Association
  • Baxter Healthcare Corporation
  • Novartis
  • PatentCafe.com, Inc.
  • PepsiCo, Inc.
  • SanDisk Corporation
  • Texas Instruments
  • United Technologies
  • USG Corporation
  • Weyerhaeuser
  • Consumer Bankers Association
  • Credit Union National Association
  • American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
  • Microsoft
  • United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union
  • Eli Lilly and Company
  • Johnson & Johnson
  • ExxonMobil
  • Electronics for Imaging
  • Financial Services Rountable
  • General Mills
  • Hoffman - LaRoche
  • 3M
  • Zimmer
  • The Clearing House Association
  • National Retail Federation
  • US Chamber of Commerce
  • Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers
  • AstraZeneca
  • Caterpillar
  • Independent Community Bankers of America
  • Motorola
  • Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association
  • American Council of Life Insurers
  • American Financial Services Association
  • American Insurance Association
  • Association of American Medical Colleges
  • Association of American Universities
  • General Electric
  • Merck
  • Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  • Milliken & Company
  • Mortgage Bankers Association
  • National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies
  • Adobe Systems Incorporated
  • Apple, Inc.
  • Bank of America
  • Citigroup
  • Google Inc.
  • MasterCard Worldwide
  • The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc.
  • Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council
  • U.S. Bancorp
  • Verizon
  • Yahoo! Inc.
  • News Corporation
  • Oracle
  • State Farm Insurance Companies
  • Applied Materials, Inc.
  • The Charles Schwab Corporation
  • Association of Public and Land-grant Universities
  • Beckman Coulter
  • Boston Scientific
  • BP
  • Bridgestone Americas Holding, Inc.
  • Bristol-Myers Squibb
  • Cargill, Inc.
  • CheckFree
  • Coalition for 21st Century Patent Reform
  • Coalition for Patent Fairness
  • Cummins Inc.
  • Dow Chemical Company
  • DuPont
  • Eastman Chemical Company
  • Genzyme
  • GlaxoSmithKline
  • Henkel Corporation
  • IBM
  • Illinois Tool Works
  • Medtronic
  • Northrop Grumman
  • Property Casualty Insurers Association of America
  • National Congress of Inventor Organizations

Interests that oppose this bill:

Top recipients for ALL opposing interest groups

Name Amount Received Vote On Passage
Rep. Addison Wilson [R, SC-2] $195,281 Aye
Rep. Michele Bachmann [R, MN-6] $157,372 Nay
Rep. Tom Graves [R, GA-9] $150,018 Nay
Rep. William Owens [D, NY-23] $140,317 Aye
Rep. Allen West [R, FL-22] $122,916 Nay
Rep. Paul Broun [R, GA-10] $109,867 Nay
Rep. Tim Huelskamp [R, KS-1] $92,658 Nay
Rep. Jeff Duncan [R, SC-3] $79,047 Nay
Rep. Eric Cantor [R, VA-7] $76,042 Aye
Rep. Erik Paulsen [R, MN-3] $75,810 Aye
 
Sen. Patrick Toomey [R, PA] $963,939 Aye
Sen. Scott Brown [R, MA] $808,187 Aye
Sen. Harry Reid [D, NV] $488,121 Aye
Sen. Marco Rubio [R, FL] $435,274 Abstain
Sen. Jim DeMint [R, SC] $247,657 Nay
Sen. Robert Portman [R, OH] $220,005 Aye
Sen. John Thune [R, SD] $184,127 Aye
Sen. Mark Kirk [R, IL] $146,100 Aye
Sen. John McCain [R, AZ] $122,765 Nay
Sen. David Vitter [R, LA] $109,994 Aye

Specific Organizations Opposing H.R.1249

  • American Innovators for Patent Reform
  • National Venture Capital Association
  • Advanced Micro Devices
  • Eagle Forum
  • Trading Technologies International
  • Heritage Action
  • Generic Pharmacutical Association
  • Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
  • IP Advocate
  • National Association of Patent Practitioners
  • National Small Business Association
  • Professional Inventors Alliance USA
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