3.0.0 3483 2023-01-11T13:41:20Z 2023-01-11T13:41:20Z Senate S 2018-09-24 115 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2018-09-24T21:58:20Z SUCCESS Act 115 6758 HR 2018-10-31 Became Public Law No: 115-273. Related bill CRS 2018-09-24 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2018-09-24 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. N C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2018-09-24 True H000338 Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] ORRIN HATCH R UT GRANT 2018-09-24 True H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2018-10-03 False F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2018-10-11 False Commerce Commerce 00 2018-09-24 Introduced in Senate 2018-10-31T18:31:38Z Study of Underrepresented Classes Chasing Engineering and Science Success Act of 2018 or the SUCCESS Act

This bill directs the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to study and report to Congress on the number of patents applied for and obtained: (1) by women, minorities, and veterans; and (2) by small businesses owned by women, minorities, and veterans.

The USPTO must provide legislative recommendations to increase the number of women, minorities, and veterans who participate in entrepreneurship activities and apply for patents.

Additionally, the bill amends the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act to extend for eight years the authority of the USPTO to set and adjust patent fees.

]]> Study of Underrepresented Classes Chasing Engineering and Science Success Act of 2018 Display Title Study of Underrepresented Classes Chasing Engineering and Science Success Act of 2018 Official Title as Introduced A bill to direct the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, in consultation with the Administrator of the Small Business Administration, to conduct a study and provide recommendations to promote the participation of women, minorities, and veterans in entrepreneurship activities and the patent system, to extend by 8 years the authority of the United States Patent and Trademark Office to set the amounts for the fees that the Office charges, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Study of Underrepresented Classes Chasing Engineering and Science Success Act of 2018 Short Titles as Introduced SUCCESS Act Introduced in Senate 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s3483is/xml/BILLS-115s3483is.xml 2018-09-24 Read twice and referred to the 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.