‘‘(I) activities to facilitate the relocation, to 
the United States, of a source of employment 
located outside the United States; 
‘‘(J) activities to facilitate the growth of 
the manufacturing sector or the customer serv-
ice sector; and’’. 
(e) GRANTS FOR ECONOMIC ADJUSTMENT.—Section 
209(a) of the Public Works and Economic Development 
Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3149(a)) is amended by inserting 
after ‘‘loan fund),’’ the following: ‘‘projects to facilitate the 
relocation, to the United States, of a source of employment 
located outside the United States, projects to facilitate the 
growth of the manufacturing sector or the customer serv-
ice sector,’’. 
SEC. 6. STUDY OF TAX PROVISIONS TO ENCOURAGE REPA-
TRIATION OF UNITED STATES JOBS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Treasury, in 
consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, shall con-
duct a study on the feasibility and potential impact of new 
tax provisions to encourage United States companies to 
return jobs to the United States. Such study shall in-
clude— 
(1) a review of— 
(A) the past effectiveness of section 956 of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and 
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(B) the potential effectiveness of other tax 
provisions which would encourage the repatri-
ation foreign earnings, and 
(2) an estimate of the loss in tax revenue asso-
ciated with any provision for each job created. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury 
shall submit to Congress a report of such study. 
SEC. 7. PATENT PROTECTION AND PRIORITIZATION. 
(a) PRE-PUBLICATION OF ABSTRACTS ONLY.—Sec-
tion 122 of title 35, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘, each application 
for a patent’’ and inserting ‘‘and with 
respect to an application for a patent, 
the abstract included with such appli-
cation’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘an application’’ 
and inserting ‘‘an abstract’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘patent applications’’ each place it appears 
and inserting ‘‘abstracts included with pat-
ent applications’’; and 
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(iii) in subparagraph (C), by striking 
‘‘patent application’’ each place it appears 
and inserting ‘‘abstract included with a 
patent application’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘An application’’ and inserting ‘‘An ab-
stract included with an application’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (B)— 
(I) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘the 
application’’ and inserting ‘‘the ab-
stract included with the application’’; 
and 
(II) in clause (iv), by striking 
‘‘the application’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
abstract included with the applica-
tion’’; and 
(iii) by striking clause (v); 
(2) by striking subsection (c); 
(3) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub-
section (c); and 
(4) in subsection (c), as so redesignated, by 
striking ‘‘No application’’ and inserting ‘‘No ab-
stract included with an application’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
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(1) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of con-
tents for chapter 11 of part 2 of title 35, United 
States Code, is amended in the item relating to sec-
tion 122 by inserting before ‘‘patent applications’’ 
the following: ‘‘abstracts included with’’. 
(2) PUBLICATIONS.—Section 10 of title 35, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘pub-
lished applications’’ and inserting ‘‘published ab-
stracts included with applications’’. 
(3) ABSTRACT
DEFINITION.—Section 100 of 
title 35, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(f) The term ‘abstract’ shall have the meaning given 
such term, by regulation, by the Director.’’. 
(4) CONDITIONS FOR PATENTABILITY.—Section 
102(e) of title 35, United States Code, is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(e) the invention was described in— 
‘‘(1) a patent granted on an application for pat-
ent by another in an international application filed 
under the treaty defined in section 351(a); and 
‘‘(2) such application designated the United 
States and was published under Article 21(2) of 
such treaty in the English language; or’’. 
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(5) INTERFERENCES.—Section 135(b) of title 
35, United States Code, is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(b) A claim which is the same as, or for the same 
or substantially the same subject matter as, a claim of 
an issued patent may not be made in any application un-
less such a claim is made prior to one year from the date 
on which the patent was granted.’’. 
(6) PROVISIONAL
RIGHTS.—Section 154(d)(1) 
of title 35, United States Code, is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘publication of the applica-
tion for such patent under section 122(b), or in 
the case of’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘, the date of publication 
of the application’’. 
(7) SECRECY OF CERTAIN INVENTIONS.—Sec-
tion 181 of title 35, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(A) by striking ‘‘publication of an applica-
tion’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘pub-
lication of an abstract included with an applica-
tion’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘publication of the applica-
tion’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘pub-
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lication of the abstract included with the appli-
cation’’. 
(c) PRIORITIZATION FOR HIGHER EDUCATION INSTI-
TUTIONS.—Section 131 of title 35, United States Code, 
is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘The Director’’ and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(b) PRIORITY OF EXAMINATION FOR CERTAIN AP-
PLICATIONS.—The Director shall give priority to the ex-
amination of an application made by an applicant that 
is— 
‘‘(1) an institution of higher education, as such 
term is defined under section 101(a) of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)); or 
‘‘(2) a patent holding company affiliated with 
such an institution.’’. 
Æ 
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