3.0.0 2774 2022-12-31T05:35:17Z 2022-12-31T05:35:17Z Senate S 2021-09-21 117 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-09-21T16:03:21Z 2021-09-21 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S6589) IntroReferral 2021-09-21 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT N T000476 Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] Thomas Tillis R NC Roland 2021-09-21 True Commerce Commerce 00 2021-09-21 Introduced in Senate 2022-07-20T16:23:05Z Pride in Patent Ownership Act

This bill requires disclosure of certain patent-related information, including information about ownership and funding.

Under the bill, if a foreign or domestic governmental entity provides funding for fees related to a patent application or for paying an attorney (or patent agent) to prosecute the patent application, the application must disclose the amount and source of such funding.

Similarly, if any governmental entity provides funding for paying a patent's maintenance fees or for paying an attorney (or patent agent) to submit such maintenance fees, the patent owner must submit a statement disclosing the amount and source of such funding.

The bill also requires patent owners to record information about the ownership of a patent with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Patent owners must also update this information when certain rights or interests in the patent have been conveyed to another individual or entity. A patent owner may not receive increased monetary damages for infringement of that patent that occurred while the owner was out of compliance with this ownership information recordation requirement.

The USPTO must make this ownership information publicly available.

]]> Pride in Patent Ownership Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 35, United States Code, to address patent ownership, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Pride in Patent Ownership Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Pride in Patent Ownership Act Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s2774is/xml/BILLS-117s2774is.xml 2021-09-21 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S6589) 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.