S 3652
112th Congress
Senate
Commerce
Foreign aid and international relief
Intellectual property
Patents for Humanity Program Improvement Act of 2012
Introduced: December 4, 2012
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
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
Plain-English summary
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.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7403)
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1