3.0.0 3652 2019-11-15T21:55:27Z 2019-11-15T21:55:27Z Senate S S 2012-12-04 112 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2012-12-04T21:12:42Z 2012-12-04 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7403) IntroReferral 2012-12-04 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7402-7403) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2012-12-04 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT N C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2012-12-04 True Commerce Foreign aid and international relief Intellectual property Commerce

00 2012-12-04 Introduced in Senate 2012-12-31T18:20:04Z Patents for Humanity Program Improvement Act of 2012 - 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.

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Short Titles as Introduced Display Title Official Title as Introduced Introduced in Senate 2012-12-04T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s3652is/xml/BILLS-112s3652is.xml 2012-12-04 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7403) 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. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.