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S 2814 116th Congress Senate Commerce Foreign aid and international relief Intellectual property

Patents for Humanity Program Improvement Act

Introduced: November 7, 2019 See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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Patents for Humanity Program Improvement Act

This bill authorizes the holder of an acceleration certificate awarded under the Patents for Humanity program to transfer the certificate to another party.

(The Patents for Humanity program recognizes patent owners, applicants, and licensees that use their inventions to meet humanitarian challenges. The winners each receive a certificate which can be used to accelerate certain U.S. Patent and Trademark Office proceedings, such as a patent application.)

What's happening now November 7, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 7259 Identical bill Patents for Humanity Program Improvement Act
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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Nov 7, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2814: Patents for Humanity Program Improvement Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2814/
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"S. 2814: Patents for Humanity Program Improvement Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2814/.
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S. 2814, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2814/.
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