3.0.0 1553 2026-02-13T17:41:23Z 2026-02-13T17:41:23Z Senate S S 2025-05-01 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1553 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2025-05-01T15:56:59Z 119 3160 HR 2025-05-01 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. Identical bill CRS 2025-05-01 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2025-05-01 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. N T000476 Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] Thomas Tillis R NC Roland 2025-05-01 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2025-05-01 True H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2025-05-01 True Commerce Commerce 2025-05-22T13:11:42Z

00 2025-05-01 Introduced in Senate 2026-02-13T17:41:16Z <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 (USPTO), including by imposing additional requirements on administrative patent validity challenges (proceedings to review and potentially cancel issued patents) at the USPTO.</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 meets certain standing requirements (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&nbsp;issued patent claim.</li></ul><p>The 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 USPTO available for the USPTO's use without further appropriations from Congress.</p>

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