CCIA Testified at Senate Judiciary Hearing on Patent System Supporting Innovation, Emerging Technologies like AI

From Genes to Machines: PERA's First Full-Committee Hearing

by Dennis Crouch On July 14, 2026, the full Senate Judiciary Committee held its hearing "From Genes to Machines: The Patent Eligibility Debate," which Chairman Chuck Grassley described as the first time the whole committee, rather than Senator Thom Tillis's Intellectual Property Subcommittee, has taken up the Patent Eligibility Restoration Act of 2025, S. 1546, 119th Cong. (2025) (companion H.R. 3152). PERA would erase the judicial exceptions to…

CCIA Testified at Senate Judiciary Hearing on Patent System Supporting Innovation, Emerging Technologies like AI

Washington – The Computer & Communications Industry Association testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee today in a hearing titled “From Genes to Machines: the Patent Eligibility Debate.” In written testimony, CCIA’s head of IP policy, John Lee, told senators that “the current framework provides meaningful predictability while continuing a longstanding principle: patents should cover genuine inventions without granting exclusive rights ov…