H.R. 3539 119th Congress House

Leadership in CET Act

Official title: To require the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office to establish and carry out a… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To require the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office to establish and carry out a pilot program to expedite the examination of applications for certain patents, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 21, 2025 Introduced by: Lance Gooden Republican · Texas See on congress.gov

Commerce

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May 21, 2025

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

May 21, 2025

Introduced in House

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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Leadership in Critical and Emerging Technologies Act or the Leadership in CET Act

This bill directs the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to establish and carry out a pilot program to expedite the patent examination process for patents involving critical or emerging technologies (i.e., artificial intelligence, semiconductor design, or quantum information science). The USPTO must report to Congress on the impact and effectiveness of the pilot program.

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Judiciary Committee
House of Representatives

Lobbying activity 19

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

KADESH & ASSOCIATES, LLC
for ALASKA AIRLINES, INC. · Washington · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
COVINGTON & BURLING LLP
for QUALCOMM INCORPORATED · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
AMERICAN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW ASSOCIATION (AIPLA)
for AMERICAN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW ASSOCIATION (AIPLA) · Virginia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
COVINGTON & BURLING LLP
for QUALCOMM INCORPORATED · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
AMERICAN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW ASSOCIATION (AIPLA)
for AMERICAN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW ASSOCIATION (AIPLA) · Virginia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
KADESH & ASSOCIATES, LLC
for ALASKA AIRLINES, INC. · Washington · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)

Bodies those filers lobbied

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
19 filings
SENATE
19 filings
Patent & Trademark Office (PTO)
12 filings
Commerce, Dept of (DOC)
11 filings
Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
9 filings
Library of Congress (LOC)
6 filings
U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
6 filings
White House Office
6 filings

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Cosponsors 1

Ross, Deborah K.

North Carolina · May 21, 2025

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3539: Leadership in CET Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-3539/

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"H.R. 3539: Leadership in CET Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-3539/.

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H.R. 3539, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-3539/.

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