3.0.0 4704 2023-08-30T20:30:25Z 2023-08-30T20:30:25Z Senate S 2022-08-02 117 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2022-08-02T18:33:17Z 2022-08-02 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2022-08-02 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress T000476 Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] Thomas Tillis R NC Roland N L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2022-08-02 True Commerce Commerce 00 2022-08-02 Introduced in Senate 2023-08-30T20:20:08Z Patent Examination and Quality Improvement Act of 2022

This bill requires the Government Accountability Office to report to Congress on how to improve the patent examination process and the quality of issued patents. Within a year after the report is submitted to Congress, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office must develop guidance for its patent examiners that take into consideration the report’s findings and recommendations.

]]> Patent Examination and Quality Improvement Act of 2022 Display Title Patent Examination and Quality Improvement Act of 2022 Short Title(s) as Introduced Patent Examination and Quality Improvement Act of 2022 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to require the Comptroller General of the United States to submit a report regarding ways to improve the patent examination process at the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s4704is/xml/BILLS-117s4704is.xml 2022-08-02 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.