Patents for Humanity Program Improvement Act

Bill: 114-hr-6309
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2016-11-14
Policy area: Commerce
Latest action: action_date: 2016-12-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-11-14
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Patents for Humanity Program Improvement Act</b></p> <p>This bill allows the holder or successor of an acceleration certificate issued pursuant to the Patents for Humanity Program (a pilot awards program established by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office [USPTO] entitling awardees to accelerate certain USPTO proceedings for patented technologies addressing humanitarian needs among an impoverished population or for further research on humanitarian technologies) to transfer, including by sale, the entitlement to such certificate to another person. </p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6309 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 14, 2016 Mr. Grayson introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To allow acceleration certificates awarded under the Patents for Humanity Program to be transferable.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Patents for Humanity Program Improvement Act . 2. Transferability of Acceleration Certificates (a) In general A holder of an acceleration certificate issued pursuant to the Patents for Humanity Program (established in the notice entitled Humanitarian Awards Pilot Program , published at 77 Fed. Reg. 6544 (February 8, 2012)), or any successor thereto, of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, may transfer (including by sale) the entitlement to such acceleration certificate to another person. (b) Requirement An acceleration certificate transferred under subsection (a) shall be subject to any other applicable limitations under the notice entitled Humanitarian Awards Pilot Program , published at 77 Fed. Reg. 6544 (February 8, 2012), or any successor thereto.