[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7259 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7259

   To allow acceleration certificates awarded under the Patents for 
                  Humanity Program to be transferable.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 18, 2020

 Mrs. McBath (for herself, Mr. Cline, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, and Mrs. 
    Roby) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
   To allow acceleration certificates awarded under the Patents for 
                  Humanity Program to be transferable.

    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 ``Patents for Humanity Program 
Improvement Act''.

SEC. 2. TRANSFERABILITY OF ACCELERATION CERTIFICATES.

    (a) In General.--A holder of an acceleration certificate issued 
pursuant to the Patents for Humanity Program (established in the notice 
entitled ``Humanitarian Awards Pilot Program'', published at 77 Fed. 
Reg. 6544 (February 8, 2012)), or any successor thereto, of the United 
States Patent and Trademark Office, may transfer (including by sale) 
the entitlement to such acceleration certificate to another person.
    (b) Requirement.--An acceleration certificate transferred under 
subsection (a) shall be subject to any other applicable limitations 
under the notice entitled ``Humanitarian Awards Pilot Program'', 
published at 77 Fed. Reg. 6544 (February 8, 2012), or any successor 
thereto.
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