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119th CONGRESS
1st Session |
To amend title 35, United States Code, to require a patent owner to consent to the filing of a petition for inter-partes review or post-grant review, and for other purposes.
Ms. Kaptur (for herself, Mr. Massie, Mr. McCormick, and Mr. Davis of North Carolina) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
To amend title 35, United States Code, to require a patent owner to consent to the filing of a petition for inter-partes review or post-grant review, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
This Act may be cited as the “Balancing Incentives Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. Requirement for patent owner to consent to the filing of petition for inter-partes review or post-grant review.
Title 35, United States Code, is amended—
(A) in paragraph (4), by striking “; and” and inserting a semicolon;
(B) in paragraph (5), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
“(6) the owner of the patent consents to the filing of the petition.”; and
(A) in paragraph (4), by striking “; and” and inserting a semicolon;
(B) in paragraph (5), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
“(6) the owner of the patent consents to the filing of the petition.”.