3.0.0 4210 2023-03-08T20:12:44Z 2023-03-08T20:12:44Z Senate S 2022-05-12 117 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2022-05-12T19:35:33Z Patents for Humanity Act of 2022 117 5796 HR 2022-12-20 Became Public Law No: 117-245. Related bill CRS 2022-05-12 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2022-05-12 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. 2022-05-12 True Commerce Commerce 00 2022-05-12 Introduced in Senate 2022-05-25T18:34:25Z Patents for Humanity Act of 2022

This bill provides statutory authority for a program to award certificates that may be used to accelerate certain proceedings and applications at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO). The program established under this bill shall be treated as the successor to the existing Patents for Humanity program.

Under this bill, the PTO must hold a competition at least once every two years to award certificates to eligible entities that submit a patent application that addresses a humanitarian issue.

]]> Patents for Humanity Act of 2022 Display Title Patents for Humanity Act of 2022 Short Title(s) as Introduced Patents for Humanity Act of 2022 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 35, United States Code, to establish a competition to award certificates that can be redeemed to accelerate certain matters at the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s4210is/xml/BILLS-117s4210is.xml 2022-05-12 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.