[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3416 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3416

   To amend the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act to extend the period 
during which the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property 
 and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office may set 
                        or adjust certain fees.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 6, 2018

 Mr. Grassley (for himself, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Coons, and Mr. Hatch) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act to extend the period 
during which the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property 
 and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office may set 
                        or adjust certain fees.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``USPTO Funds for Efficient and 
Effective Services Act'' or the ``USPTO FEES Act''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF SUNSET ON FEE-SETTING AUTHORITY.

    Section 10(i)(2) of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (35 U.S.C. 
41 note) is amended by striking ``the 7-year period beginning on the 
date of the enactment of this Act'' and inserting ``the 8-year period 
beginning on the date of enactment of the USPTO FEES Act''.
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