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H.R. 3160 119th Congress House

PREVAIL Act

Official title: To amend title 35, United States Code, to invest in inventors in the United States, maintain the United States as the leading innovation economy in the world, … Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend title 35, United States Code, to invest in inventors in the United States, maintain the United States as the leading innovation economy in the world, and protect the property rights of the inventors that grow the economy of the United States, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 1, 2025 Introduced by: Nathaniel Moran Republican · Texas See on congress.gov
Commerce
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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
May 1, 2025
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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Promoting and Respecting Economically Vital American Innovation Leadership Act or the PREVAIL Act

This bill addresses various issues relating to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), including by imposing additional requirements on administrative patent validity challenges (proceedings to review and potentially cancel issued patents) at the USPTO.

The bill modifies provisions relating to inter partes reviews (IPRs) and other administrative patent validity proceedings, including by

  • prohibiting an administrative patent judge who participated in deciding whether to institute an IPR (i.e., whether to allow the IPR to proceed based on the initial petition) from also participating in deciding the final outcome of the same IPR;
  • prohibiting a person (individual or entity) from petitioning for an IPR against a patent unless the person meets certain standing requirements (currently, any person may petition for an IPR);
  • prohibiting a person who has challenged a patent's validity in an IPR from raising the same challenges against the patent in other proceedings (e.g., district court) if the IPR has been instituted; and
  • raising the burden that the petitioner in an IPR must meet to invalidate a previously issued patent claim.

The bill also makes institutions of higher education (IHEs) and nonprofit entities that hold patents on behalf of IHEs eligible for reduced patent-related fees, including filing fees. (Currently, employees of IHEs are eligible for reduced fees but not the IHEs themselves.)

The bill also makes fees collected by the USPTO available for the USPTO's use without further appropriations from Congress.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 1553 Identical bill PREVAIL Act
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Lobbying activity 170

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

  • CISCO SYSTEMS, INC
    for CISCO SYSTEMS INC · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
  • APPLE INC.
    for APPLE INC · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
  • BIOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION ORGANIZATION
    for BIOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION ORGANIZATION · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
  • RADIUS ADVOCACY, LLC
    for COUNCIL FOR INNOVATION PROMOTION (C4IP) · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
  • SIIA
    for SOFTWARE & INFORMATION INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
  • TWINLOGIC STRATEGIES, LLP
    for UNITED FOR PATENT REFORM · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)

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 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
D
Suozzi, Thomas R.
New York · Oct 8, 2025
 D
Ross, Deborah K.
North Carolina · May 1, 2025
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3160: PREVAIL Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-3160/
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"H.R. 3160: PREVAIL Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-3160/.
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H.R. 3160, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-3160/.
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[H.R. 3160: PREVAIL Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-3160/)
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