3.0.0 4370 2026-01-09T23:30:18Z 2026-01-09T23:30:18Z House H HR 2023-06-27 118 https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/4370 <pre>[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 112 (Tuesday, June 27, 2023)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. BUCK:H.R. 4370.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, Clause 8The single subject of this legislation is:intellectual property[Page H3152]</pre> hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing Referred To 2023-06-27T13:00:20Z 118 2220 S 2024-12-02 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 650. Identical bill CRS 2023-06-27 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2023-06-27 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2023-06-27 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress B001297 Rep. Buck, Ken [R-CO-4] Ken Buck R CO 4 N R000305 Rep. Ross, Deborah K. [D-NC-2] Deborah Ross D NC K. 2 2023-06-27 True M001224 Rep. Moran, Nathaniel [R-TX-1] Nathaniel Moran R TX 1 2023-11-07 False P000599 Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8] Bill Posey R FL 8 2023-12-22 False Commerce Commerce 2023-07-31T15:15:24Z

00 2023-06-27 Introduced in House 2024-04-19T16:09:12Z <p><strong>Promoting and Respecting Economically Vital American Innovation Leadership Act or the PREVAIL Act</strong></p><p>This bill addresses various issues relating to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO), including by imposing additional requirements on administrative patent validity challenges (proceedings to review and potentially cancel issued patents) at the PTO.</p><p>The bill modifies provisions relating to inter partes reviews (IPRs) and other administrative patent validity proceedings, including by</p><ul><li>prohibiting an administrative patent judge who participated in deciding whether to institute an IPR (i.e., whether to allow the IPR to proceed based on the initial petition) from also participating in deciding the final outcome of the same IPR;</li><li>prohibiting a person (individual or entity) from petitioning for an IPR against a patent unless the person has been sued for or charged with infringing that patent, whereas currently any person may petition for an IPR;</li><li>prohibiting a person who has challenged a patent's validity in an IPR from raising the same challenges against the patent in other proceedings (e.g., district court) if the IPR has been instituted; and</li><li>raising the burden that the petitioner in an IPR must meet to invalidate a previously-issued patent claim.</li></ul><p>This bill also makes institutions of higher education (IHEs) and nonprofit entities that hold patents on behalf of IHEs eligible for reduced patent-related fees, including filing fees. (Currently, employees of IHEs are eligible for reduced fees but not the IHEs themselves.)</p><p>The bill also makes fees collected by the PTO available for the PTO's use without further appropriations from Congress, whereas currently some of the collected fees are subject to appropriations.</p>

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