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S 3652 112th Congress Senate

Patents for Humanity Program Improvement Act of 2012

Official title: A bill to allow acceleration certificates awarded under the Patents for Humanity Program to be transferable.

Introduced: December 4, 2012 See on congress.gov
Commerce Foreign aid and international reliefIntellectual property
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Dec 4, 2012
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7403)
Dec 4, 2012
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7402-7403)
Dec 4, 2012
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action December 4, 2012

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7403)

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Patents for Humanity Program Improvement Act of 2012 - Allows the holder or successor of an acceleration certificate issued pursuant to the Patents for Humanity Program (a pilot awards program established by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office [USPTO] entitling awardees to accelerate certain USPTO proceedings for patented technologies addressing humanitarian needs among an impoverished population or for further research on humanitarian technologies) to transfer, including by sale, the entitlement to such certificate to another person.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Coons, Christopher A.
Delaware · Dec 4, 2012
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3652: Patents for Humanity Program Improvement Act of 2012. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-3652/
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"S. 3652: Patents for Humanity Program Improvement Act of 2012." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-3652/.
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S. 3652, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-3652/.
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