Patents for Humanity Program Improvement Act

Bill: 115-s-927
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT]
Introduced: 2017-04-25
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Foreign aid and international relief

Intellectual property
Latest action: action_date: 2017-04-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-04-25
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
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: II 115th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 927 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 25, 2017 Mr. Leahy (for himself and Mr. Grassley ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 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.