115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6758 
AN ACT 
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, minorities, and veterans in entrepreneurship ac-
tivities 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 purposes.
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
to the Committees on the Judiciary and Small Business 
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. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 25, 
2018. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6758 
AN ACT 
To direct the Under Secretary of Commerce for In-
tellectual Property and Director of the United 
States Patent and Trademark Office, in con-
sultation with the Administrator of the Small 
Business Administration, to study and provide 
recommendations to promote the participation of 
women, minorities, and veterans in entrepreneur-
ship 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 purposes.