# 119-hr-3152: Patent Eligibility Restoration Act of 2025

119-hr-3152, Patent Eligibility Restoration Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Kiley, Kevin [I-CA-3] (I-CA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3152
- As of: 2026-04-21
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-3152
- Congress: 119
- Title: Patent Eligibility Restoration Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-05-01
- Sponsor: Rep. Kiley, Kevin [I-CA-3] (I-CA)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Commerce
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Restores broad patent eligibility** for inventions that have a specific and practical utility. It would remove judicially created exceptions, redefine what counts as 'useful', and set clear rules about which subject matter is excluded and when a machine or manufacture is required to make an invention practical. - Inventors and startups would face a different eligibility test because courts and examiners must consider the invention as a whole and not rely on non-statutory exceptions. Eligibility would be decided separately from novelty, non-obviousness, and enablement. - Software and AI companies would see limits on patents for processes that are mainly economic, business, social, cultural, or artistic even when a machine is used. The bill also restricts claims that simply add generic computer activity when the computer is not necessary to perform the invention. - Biotech researchers would get clearer rules for biological and natural materials. Unmodified natural materials would be excluded, while modified materials or natural items put to a practical use could remain eligible.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-50] (D-CA), 2025-05-01T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Broader patent test for inventors: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would broaden the basic patent test. Reviewers would look at the claim as a whole. They would not discount parts as routine or known. They would not use novelty, obviousness, or enablement rules to decide eligibility. Useful would mean a specific, practical use to a skilled per…
- Rule against double patenting stays: benefit, low. The bill would keep the rule against obviousness-type double patenting. That rule stops extra patent time from small, obvious changes. The Act would not change that rule.
- New limits on what can be patented: mixed, medium. The bill would list items you could not patent by themselves: pure math, business or social methods, mental steps, and unmodified genes or natural materials. A claim could still qualify if it cannot be done in practice without a machine or a made thing. Genes or materials changed by people, or used…
- Courts could decide eligibility early: mixed, low. Courts in patent lawsuits could decide eligibility at any time. A judge could rule on a motion when there are no real fact disputes. Before ruling, the court could allow limited discovery only about eligibility.

## Related bills

- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-2725: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025
- 119-hr-471: Fix Our Forests Act
- 119-hr-1229: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025
- 119-hr-2709: Save Our Sequoias Act
- 119-hr-4206: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-3152 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3152)

## Related
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-2725: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2725)
- [119-hr-471: Fix Our Forests Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-471)
- [119-hr-1229: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1229)
- [119-hr-2709: Save Our Sequoias Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2709)
- [119-hr-4206: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4206)
- [All bills in Congress](https://policyrisk.com/legislation)

Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3152 (as of 2026-04-21).