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H.R. 5475 118th Congress House

Prohibiting Adversarial Patents Act of 2023

Official title: To amend title 35, United State Code, to require the Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office to require disclosures in patent applications re… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend title 35, United State Code, to require the Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office to require disclosures in patent applications regarding ties to the People's Republic of China and other foreign adversaries, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 14, 2023 Introduced by: Scott Fitzgerald Republican · Wisconsin See on congress.gov
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Sep 14, 2023
Introduced in House
Sep 14, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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 Latest action September 14, 2023

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Republican 4
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Hill, J. French
Arkansas · Jan 25, 2024
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Fry, Russell
South Carolina · Sep 14, 2023
Gallagher, Mike
· Sep 14, 2023
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Issa, Darrell
California · Sep 14, 2023
Lamborn, Doug
· Sep 14, 2023
Luetkemeyer, Blaine
· Sep 14, 2023
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Moran, Nathaniel
Texas · Sep 14, 2023
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5475: Prohibiting Adversarial Patents Act of 2023. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-5475/
MLA
"H.R. 5475: Prohibiting Adversarial Patents Act of 2023." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-5475/.
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H.R. 5475, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-5475/.
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[H.R. 5475: Prohibiting Adversarial Patents Act of 2023](https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-5475/)
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