S 4210
117th Congress
Senate
Commerce
Patents for Humanity Act of 2022
Introduced: May 12, 2022
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Became law
May 12, 2022
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
May 12, 2022
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Patents for Humanity Act of 2022
This bill provides statutory authority for a program to award certificates that may be used to accelerate certain proceedings and applications at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO). The program established under this bill shall be treated as the successor to the existing Patents for Humanity program.
Under this bill, the PTO must hold a competition at least once every two years to award certificates to eligible entities that submit a patent application that addresses a humanitarian issue.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Committees of jurisdiction
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Cosponsors
1