116 HR 7259 IH: Patents for Humanity Program Improvement Act U.S. House of Representatives 2020-06-18 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I116th CONGRESS2d SessionH. R. 7259IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESJune 18, 2020Mrs. McBath (for herself, Mr. Cline, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, and Mrs. Roby) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the JudiciaryA BILLTo allow acceleration certificates awarded under the Patents for Humanity Program to be transferable.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Patents for Humanity Program Improvement Act.

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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.