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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3666 
To strengthen the position of the United States as the world’s leading inno-
vator by amending title 35, United States Code, to protect the property 
rights of the inventors that grow the country’s economy. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 10, 2019 
Mr. STIVERS (for himself, Mr. FOSTER, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, 
Mr. BABIN, Mr. BURGESS, Mr. HILL of Arkansas, Mr. HUIZENGA, Mr. 
JOYCE of Ohio, Mr. KING of New York, Mr. NORMAN, Mrs. WATSON 
COLEMAN, Mr. SUOZZI, Mr. PETERS, Mr. GOSAR, and Mr. DAVIDSON of 
Ohio) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To strengthen the position of the United States as the 
world’s leading innovator by amending title 35, United 
States Code, to protect the property rights of the inven-
tors that grow the country’s economy. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Support Technology and Research for Our Nation’s 
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Growth and Economic Resilience Patents Act of 2019’’ or 
the ‘‘STRONGER Patents Act of 2019’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—STRONGER PATENTS ACT 
Sec. 101. Findings. 
Sec. 102. Inter partes review. 
Sec. 103. Post-grant review. 
Sec. 104. Composition of post-grant review and inter partes review panels. 
Sec. 105. Reexamination of patents. 
Sec. 106. Restoration of patents as property rights. 
Sec. 107. Elimination of USPTO fee diversion. 
Sec. 108. Institutions of higher education. 
Sec. 109. Assisting small businesses in the U.S. patent system. 
TITLE II—TARGETING ROGUE AND OPAQUE LETTERS 
Sec. 201. Definitions. 
Sec. 202. Unfair or deceptive acts or practices in connection with the assertion 
of a United States patent. 
Sec. 203. Enforcement by Federal Trade Commission. 
Sec. 204. Preemption of State laws on patent demand letters and enforcement 
by State attorneys general. 
TITLE I—STRONGER PATENTS 
ACT 
SEC. 101. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds that— 
(1) the patent property rights enshrined in the 
Constitution of the United States provide the foun-
dation for the exceptional innovation environment in 
the United States; 
(2) strong patent rights encourage United 
States inventors to invest their resources in creating 
new inventions; 
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(3) patent protection has led to patient cures, 
positive changes to the standard of living for all peo-
ple in the United States, and improvements to the 
agricultural, telecommunications, and electronics in-
dustries, among others; 
(4) the United States patent system is an es-
sential part of the country’s economic success; 
(5) strong patent protection improves the 
chances of success for small companies and increases 
their chances of securing financing from investors; 
(6) intellectual property-intensive industries in 
the United States generate tens of millions of jobs 
for individuals in the United States; 
(7) intellectual property-intensive industries in 
the United States account for more than one-third 
of the country’s gross domestic product; 
(8) in the highly competitive global economy, 
the United States needs to uphold strong patent 
protections to maintain its position as the world’s 
premier innovative country; 
(9) Congress last enacted comprehensive re-
forms of the patent system in 2011; 
(10) unintended consequences of the com-
prehensive 2011 reform of patent laws are con-
tinuing to become evident, including the strategic fil-
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