S 1546 — Patent Eligibility Restoration Act of 2025
Congress 119 · introduced 2025-05-01
Latest action: — Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Sponsors
- Tillis, Thomas (R, NC-S) — sponsor · 2025-05-01
Lobbied by (9)
LDA filings that named this bill in their activity descriptions. The lobbying firm (registrant) is paid by the client to lobby on this and related issues.
| Filing | Period | Registrant (lobbying firm) | Client | Income | Matched |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Quarter - Report | 2026 first_quarter | MEHLMAN CONSULTING, INC. | THE CAMPAIGN FOR SUSTAINABLE RX PRICING | $90,000 | S. 1546 |
| 1st Quarter - Report | 2026 first_quarter | VAN SCOYOC ASSOCIATES | ARUP LABORATORIES, INC. | $30,000 | S.1546 |
| 1st Quarter - Report | 2026 first_quarter | TCH GROUP, LLC | COUNCIL FOR INNOVATION PROMOTION (C4IP) | $20,000 | S 1546 |
| 1st Quarter - Report | 2026 first_quarter | INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION | INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION | — | S.1546 |
| 1st Quarter - Report | 2026 first_quarter | IPOLICY SOLUTIONS | ASSOCIATION FOR MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY | $70,500 | S.1546 |
| 1st Quarter - Report | 2026 first_quarter | CLOUDFACTORS LLC | CLOUDFACTORS LLC | — | S. 1546 |
| 1st Quarter - Report | 2026 first_quarter | WARING FEDERAL STRATEGIES | AUTM | $20,000 | S. 1546 |
| 1st Quarter - Report | 2026 first_quarter | CHRIS KATOPIS | AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION | $34,875 | S. 1546 |
| 1st Quarter - Report | 2026 first_quarter | ELITE STRATEGIC SERVICES | CONSERVATIVES FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS | $25,000 | S. 1546 |
Action timeline
- — Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- · 10000 — Introduced in Senate
Text versions
- Introduced in Senate · 2025-05-01 — open
Connected on the graph
Inbound (10)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-01 | AUTM | lobbies_on_bill | — | S. 1546 | lobbying_bill_mention |
| 2026-01-01 | AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION | lobbies_on_bill | — | S. 1546 | lobbying_bill_mention |
| 2026-01-01 | ARUP LABORATORIES, INC. | lobbies_on_bill | — | S.1546 | lobbying_bill_mention |
| 2026-01-01 | ASSOCIATION FOR MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY | lobbies_on_bill | — | S.1546 | lobbying_bill_mention |
| 2026-01-01 | CONSERVATIVES FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS | lobbies_on_bill | — | S. 1546 | lobbying_bill_mention |
| 2026-01-01 | THE CAMPAIGN FOR SUSTAINABLE RX PRICING | lobbies_on_bill | — | S. 1546 | lobbying_bill_mention |
| 2026-01-01 | CLOUDFACTORS LLC | lobbies_on_bill | — | S. 1546 | lobbying_bill_mention |
| 2026-01-01 | INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION | lobbies_on_bill | — | S.1546 | lobbying_bill_mention |
| 2026-01-01 | COUNCIL FOR INNOVATION PROMOTION (C4IP) | lobbies_on_bill | — | S 1546 | lobbying_bill_mention |
| 2025-05-01 | Tillis, Thomas | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tillis, Thomas (R, senate NC) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
Who's influencing them
Orgs ranked by combined money flow on this bill: LDA filings citing the bill + individual contributions in cycle 2026from donors whose employer matches the org name (Schedule A) to any principal committee in the "who matters" list above.
| # | Org | LDA filings | LDA spend | Donor employees | Employee donations | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | THE CAMPAIGN FOR SUSTAINABLE RX PRICING | 1 | $90,000 | 0 | $0 | $90,000 |
| 2 | ASSOCIATION FOR MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY | 1 | $70,500 | 0 | $0 | $70,500 |
| 3 | AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION | 1 | $34,875 | 0 | $0 | $34,875 |
| 4 | ARUP LABORATORIES, INC. | 1 | $30,000 | 0 | $0 | $30,000 |
| 5 | CONSERVATIVES FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS | 1 | $25,000 | 0 | $0 | $25,000 |
| 6 | AUTM | 1 | $20,000 | 0 | $0 | $20,000 |
| 7 | COUNCIL FOR INNOVATION PROMOTION (C4IP) | 1 | $20,000 | 0 | $0 | $20,000 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
1 predicted yes (0%) · 266 predicted no (49%) · 276 unknown (51%)
By party: · R: 1 yes / 0 no / 276 unknown · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
1 high-confidence positions (voted + sponsor + cosponsor)
- Tillis, Thomas (R · senate · NC) · sponsor
Activity
Every typed-graph event involving this entity, newest first. Each row is one edge in the influence graph; click the date to jump to its provenance.
- 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by ARUP LABORATORIES, INC. (s.1546) · lobbying_bill_mention
- 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by CONSERVATIVES FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS (s. 1546) · lobbying_bill_mention
- 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by ASSOCIATION FOR MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY (s.1546) · lobbying_bill_mention
- 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION (s.1546) · lobbying_bill_mention
- 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by CLOUDFACTORS LLC (s. 1546) · lobbying_bill_mention
- 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by AUTM (s. 1546) · lobbying_bill_mention
- 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by THE CAMPAIGN FOR SUSTAINABLE RX PRICING (s. 1546) · lobbying_bill_mention
- 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by COUNCIL FOR INNOVATION PROMOTION (C4IP) (s 1546) · lobbying_bill_mention
- 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION (s. 1546) · lobbying_bill_mention
- 2025-05-01 · sponsored by Tillis, Thomas (sponsor) · sponsorship