S 1402
114th Congress
Senate
Commerce
Foreign aid and international relief
Intellectual property
Patents for Humanity Program Improvement Act
Introduced: May 20, 2015
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9 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 27, 2016
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
May 27, 2016
Received in the House.
May 27, 2016
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
May 26, 2016
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S3379)
May 26, 2016
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S3379)
May 26, 2016
Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3378-3379)
May 26, 2016
Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S3378-3379)
May 20, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S3187-3188)
May 20, 2015
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
Patents for Humanity Program Improvement Act
(Sec. 2) This bill 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
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
1