S. 1546 · 119th Congress

Patent Eligibility Restoration Act of 2025

Introduced on May 1, 2025 by Thom Tillis (R-NC). 3 cosponsors, 2 of them from another party. Latest action (May 1, 2025): Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
May 1, 2025
Cosponsors
3
2 from the other party
Policy area
Commerce
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

A bill to amend title 35, United States Code, to address matters relating to patent subject matter eligibility, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Intellectual property
  • Judicial procedure and administration
  • Judicial review and appeals

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in Senate, May 1, 2025). Public domain.

Patent Eligibility Restoration Act of 2025

This bill amends the law relating to patent subject matter eligibility to establish that only specified subject matter (e.g., a natural process wholly independent of human activity) is ineligible for patenting. (Currently, subject matter eligibility is determined by examining whether the claimed invention is directed to certain ineligible categories, and if so, whether there is an inventive concept. Subject matter eligibility is one of several requirements that an invention must satisfy in order to receive patent protection.)

Under this bill, an invention shall be considered to involve patent-ineligible subject matter only if it falls within specified categories, such as (1) a mathematical formula that is not part of a useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition; (2) a mental process that is performed solely in the human mind; or (3) an unmodified human gene as the gene exists in the human body.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Thom TillisR-NCSponsor

Democrats · 2

Republicans · 1

Roll calls

Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.

No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

Every action as published, oldest first. Roll calls link to how each member voted.

  1. May 1, 2025Introduced in Senate
  2. May 1, 2025 · SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. High Tech Inventors Alliance11 reports
    $560K reported (all issues)
  2. CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.7 reports
    $1.3M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: CISCO SYSTEMS INC$1.4M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  3. COUNCIL FOR INNOVATION PROMOTION (C4IP)6 reports
  4. AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION5 reports
    Federal contractor: AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100%
  5. AMERICAN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW ASSOCIATION (AIPLA)5 reports
    $50K reported (all issues)
  6. ASSOCIATION FOR ACCESSIBLE MEDICINES5 reports
    $4.2M reported (all issues)
  7. Association for Molecular Pathology5 reports
    $352.5K reported (all issues)
  8. Campaign for Sustainable Drug Pricing (CSRxP)5 reports
    $250K reported (all issues)
  9. Coalition for 21st Century Patent Reform5 reports
    $490K reported (all issues)
  10. GSK (fka GLAXOSMITHKLINE INC.)5 reports
    $6.6M reported (all issues)
  11. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION5 reports
    $250K reported (all issues)
  12. Innovation Alliance5 reports
    $400K reported (all issues)
  13. MICROSOFT CORPORATION5 reports
    $12.1M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: MICROSOFT CORPORATION$443M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  14. PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH & MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA5 reports
    $44.6M reported (all issues)
  15. QUALCOMM INCORPORATED5 reports
    Federal contractor: QUALCOMM TECHNOLOGIES INC$93.5K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  16. Software & Information Industry Association5 reports
    $6.4M reported (all issues)
  17. US Inventor5 reports
    $40K reported (all issues)
  18. Unified Patents, LLC5 reports
    $100K reported (all issues)
  19. 3M COMPANY4 reports
    $2M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: 3M COMPANY$28.7M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  20. AMGEN INC.4 reports
    $12.1M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMGEN INC.AI match · 99%
  21. Amazon.com Services LLC4 reports
    $17.7M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC$285.9K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  22. BIOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION ORGANIZATION4 reports
    $6.8M reported (all issues)
  23. CATERPILLAR INC.4 reports
    $5.5M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: CATERPILLAR INC$188.3M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  24. Cornell University4 reports
    $960K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: CORNELL UNIVERSITY$4.4M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  25. MEDTRONIC INC.4 reports
    $5.2M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: MEDTRONIC USA INC$10M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  26. The Campaign for Sustainable Rx Pricing4 reports
    $360K reported (all issues)
  27. ARUP Laboratories, Inc.3 reports
    $90K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: ARUP LABORATORIES INC$10.9M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  28. COLLEGE OF AMERICAN PATHOLOGISTS3 reports
    $640.4K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: COLLEGE OF AMERICAN PATHOLOGISTS$18M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  29. ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION3 reports
    $70K reported (all issues)
  30. KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN INC.3 reports
    $1.6M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN OF WASHINGTONAI match · 97%
  31. T1INTERNATIONAL USA3 reports
  32. Association of American Universities2 reports
    $342.8K reported (all issues)
  33. CloudFactors LLC2 reports
  34. Sanford Health2 reports
    $160K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: SANFORD HEALTH$34.5K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  35. The University of Texas System2 reports
    $170K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM, THEAI match · 100%
  36. Bayer Corporation (consolidated report)1 report
    $1.8M reported (all issues)
  37. CENTER FOR INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM1 report
    $10K reported (all issues)
  38. LENOVO (UNITED STATES) INC.1 report
    $570K reported (all issues)
  39. Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings1 report
    $270K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: LABORATORY CORPORATION OF AMERICA$7M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  40. MEDICAL DEVICE MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION1 report
    $320K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.