The Senate Judiciary Committee has reached an agreement on a patent reform bill “in principle” after weeks of behind-the-scenes negotiations, but not in time for a vote today before a two-week recess, the committee leadership announced.

The committee pushed to meet this morning and advance the leading bill, the Patent Transparency and Improvements Act. Leahy in November introduced the measure with co-sponsors Mike Lee, R-Utah; Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I.; and Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn.