3.0.0 1402 2023-01-11T13:31:06Z 2023-01-11T13:31:06Z Senate S 2015-05-20 114 hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing Referred to 2016-05-27T15:54:07Z ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Discharged from 2016-05-26T22:27:27Z Referred to 2015-05-20T20:50:21Z PATENT Act 114 1137 S 2016-02-25 Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-603. Related bill CRS Patents for Humanity Program Improvement Act 114 6309 HR 2016-12-05 Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet. Identical bill CRS Related bill CRS 2016-05-27 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2016-05-27 10:02:56 Received in the House. Floor H14000 2 House floor actions 2016-05-27 Senate Message on Senate action sent to the House. Floor 2016-05-26 Senate Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S3379) Floor 2016-05-26 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S3379) Floor 17000 9 Library of Congress 2016-05-26 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3378-3379) Discharge 2016-05-26 Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S3378-3379) Committee 14500 9 Library of Congress ssju00 Judiciary Committee 2015-05-20 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S3187-3188) IntroReferral 2015-05-20 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT N G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. 2015-05-20 True Commerce Foreign aid and international relief Intellectual property Commerce 00 2015-05-20 Introduced in Senate 2015-06-25T17:37:46Z Patents for Humanity Program Improvement Act

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.

]]> 82 2016-05-26 Passed Senate without amendment 2016-06-03T22:28:38Z (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

Patents for Humanity Program Improvement Act

(Sec. 2) 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.

]]> Patents for Humanity Program Improvement Act Display Title Patents for Humanity Program Improvement Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to allow acceleration certificates awarded under the Patents for Humanity Program to be transferable. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Patents for Humanity Program Improvement Act Short Titles as Passed Senate Patents for Humanity Program Improvement Act S Senate Referred in House 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s1402rfh/xml/BILLS-114s1402rfh.xml Engrossed in Senate 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s1402es/xml/BILLS-114s1402es.xml Introduced in Senate 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s1402is/xml/BILLS-114s1402is.xml 2016-05-27 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. 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.