USPTO FEES Act

Bill: 115-s-3416
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2018-09-06
Policy area: Commerce
Latest action: action_date: 2018-09-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-09-06
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>USPTO Funds for Efficient and Effective Services Act or the USPTO FEES Act</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act to extend for eight years the authority of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to set and adjust patent fees.</p>

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3416 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 6, 2018 Mr. Grassley (for himself, Mrs. Feinstein , Mr. Coons , and Mr. Hatch ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act to extend the period during which the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office may set or adjust certain fees.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the USPTO Funds for Efficient and Effective Services Act or the USPTO FEES Act . 2. Extension of sunset on fee-setting authority Section 10(i)(2) of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act ( 35 U.S.C. 41 note) is amended by striking the 7-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and inserting the 8-year period beginning on the date of enactment of the USPTO FEES Act .