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115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6758 
To direct the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and 
Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, in consulta-
tion with the Administrator of the Small Business Administration, to 
study and provide recommendations to promote the participation of 
women and minorities in entrepreneurship activities and the patent sys-
tem, to extend by 8 years the Patent and Trademark Office’s authority 
to set the amounts for the fees it charges, and for other purposess. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 10, 2018 
Mr. CHABOT (for himself, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. GOODLATTE, Mr. 
NADLER, Mrs. COMSTOCK, Mr. JEFFRIES, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mrs. WAG-
NER, Ms. ADAMS, and Mrs. HANDEL) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To direct the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual 
Property and Director of the United States Patent and 
Trademark Office, in consultation with the Administrator 
of the Small Business Administration, to study and pro-
vide recommendations to promote the participation of 
women and minorities in entrepreneurship activities and 
the patent system, to extend by 8 years the Patent 
and Trademark Office’s authority to set the amounts 
for the fees it charges, and for other purposess. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Study of Underrep-
resented Classes Chasing Engineering and Science Suc-
cess Act of 2018’’ or the ‘‘SUCCESS Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS; SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) Patents and other forms of intellectual 
property are important engines of innovation, inven-
tion, and economic growth. 
(2) Many innovative small businesses, which 
create over 20 percent of the total number of new 
jobs created in the United States each year, depend 
on patent protections to commercialize new tech-
nologies. 
(3) Universities and their industry partners also 
rely on patent protections to transfer innovative new 
technologies from the laboratory or classroom to 
commercial use. 
(4) Recent studies have shown that there is a 
significant gap in the number of patents applied for 
and obtained by women and minorities. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the United States has the responsibility to work 
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with the private sector to close the gap in the number of 
patents applied for and obtained by women and minorities 
to harness the maximum innovative potential and continue 
to promote United States leadership in the global econ-
omy. 
SEC. 3. REPORT. 
(a) STUDY.—The Director, in consultation with the 
Administrator and any other head of an appropriate agen-
cy, shall conduct a study that— 
(1) identifies publicly available data on the 
number of patents annually applied for and obtained 
by, and the benefits of increasing the number of pat-
ents applied for and obtained by women and minori-
ties and small businesses owned by women and mi-
norities; and 
(2) provides legislative recommendations for 
how to— 
(A) promote the participation of women 
and minorities in entrepreneurship activities; 
and 
(B) increase the number of women and mi-
norities who apply for and obtain patents. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Director shall submit 
to the Committees on the Judiciary and Small Business 
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of the House of Representatives and the Committees on 
the Judiciary and Small Business and Entrepreneurship 
of the Senate a report on the results of the study con-
ducted under subsection (a). 
SEC. 4. EXTENSION OF FEE-SETTING AUTHORITY. 
Section 10(i)(2) of the Leahy-Smith America Invents 
Act (Public Law 112–29; 125 Stat. 319; 35 U.S.C. 41 
note) is amended by striking ‘‘7-year’’ and inserting ‘‘15- 
year’’. 
SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ means the Administrator of the Small Busi-
ness Administration. 
(2) AGENCY.—The term ‘‘agency’’ means a de-
partment, agency, or instrumentality of the United 
States Government. 
(3) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 
the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual 
Property and Director of the United States Patent 
and Trademark Office. 
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