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S 1402 114th Congress Senate Commerce Foreign aid and international relief Intellectual property

Patents for Humanity Program Improvement Act

Introduced: May 20, 2015 See on congress.gov
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Passed Senate
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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
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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 May 27, 2016

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • S 1137 Related bill PATENT Act
  • HR 6309 Identical bill Patents for Humanity Program Improvement Act
 Bill text 3 versions

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · May 20, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1402: Patents for Humanity Program Improvement Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1402/
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"S. 1402: Patents for Humanity Program Improvement Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1402/.
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S. 1402, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1402/.
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