In the Senate of the United States, 
November 28, 2022. 
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 5796) entitled ‘‘An Act to amend title 35, United 
States Code, to establish a competition to award certificates 
that can be redeemed to accelerate certain matters at the 
Patent and Trademark Office, and for other purposes.’’, do 
pass with the following 
AMENDMENT: 
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
following: 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Patents for Humanity 
Act of 2022’’. 
SEC. 2. AWARD OF CERTIFICATES TO ACCELERATE CERTAIN 
MATTERS AT THE PATENT AND TRADEMARK 
OFFICE. 
(a) AWARD.—Chapter 2 of title 35, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘§ 28. Award of certificates to accelerate certain mat-
ters at the Patent and Trademark Office 
‘‘(a) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘eligible 
entity’ means an entity that— 
‘‘(1) submits an application under subsection (d) 
for a patent that addresses a humanitarian issue; and 
‘‘(2) meets the requirements specified by the Di-
rector. 
‘‘(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a com-
petition, to be held not less frequently than biennially, to 
award eligible entities certificates that can be redeemed to 
accelerate one of the following matters: 
‘‘(1) An ex parte reexamination proceeding, in-
cluding 1 appeal to the Patent Trial and Appeal 
Board from that proceeding. 
‘‘(2) An application for a patent, including 1 
appeal to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board from 
that application. 
‘‘(3) An appeal to the Patent Trial and Appeal 
Board of a claim twice rejected in a patent applica-
tion or reissue application or finally rejected in an 
ex parte reexamination, without accelerating the un-
derlying matter that generated the appeal. 
‘‘(4) A matter identified by the Director. 
‘‘(c) ADMINISTRATION.—The Director shall administer 
the competition established under subsection (b).
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‘‘(d) APPLICATION.—An entity seeking an award 
under subsection (b) shall submit to the Director an appli-
cation at such time, in such manner, and containing such 
information as the Director may require. 
‘‘(e) PROMOTION
OF COMPETITION.—The Director 
shall promote the competition established under subsection 
(b) through the satellite offices established pursuant to sec-
tion 1. 
‘‘(f) TREATMENT AS SUCCESSOR.—The competition es-
tablished under subsection (b) shall be treated as a successor 
to the Patents for Humanity Program (established in the 
notice entitled ‘Humanitarian Awards Pilot Program’, 
published at 77 Fed. Reg. 6544 (February 8, 2012)).’’. 
(b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section, 
or the amendments made by this section, may be construed 
as affecting any action taken by the Under Secretary of 
Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the 
United States Patent and Trademark Office before the date 
of enactment of this Act with respect to the administration 
of the Patents for Humanity Program established in the 
notice entitled ‘‘Humanitarian Awards Pilot Program’’, 
published at 77 Fed. Reg. 6544 (February 8, 2012). 
(c) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The 
table of sections for chapter 2 of title 35, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘28. Award of certificates to accelerate certain matters at the Patent and Trade-
mark Office.’’. 
Attest: 
Secretary.