Patents for Humanity Program Improvement Act

Bill: 116-s-2814
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT]
Introduced: 2019-11-07
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Foreign aid and international relief

Intellectual property
Latest action: action_date: 2019-11-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-11-07
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Patents for Humanity Program Improvement Act</b></p> <p>This bill authorizes the holder of an acceleration certificate awarded under the Patents for Humanity program to transfer the certificate to another party. </p> <p>(The Patents for Humanity program recognizes patent owners, applicants, and licensees that use their inventions to meet humanitarian challenges. The winners each receive a certificate which can be used to accelerate certain U.S. Patent and Trademark Office proceedings, such as a patent application.)</p> <p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2814 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES November 7, 2019 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.