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H.R. 5819 119th Congress House

Balancing Incentives Act of 2025

Official title: To amend title 35, United States Code, to require a patent owner to consent to the filing of a petition for inter-partes review or post-grant review, and for other purposes.

Introduced: October 24, 2025 Introduced by: Marcy Kaptur Democratic · Ohio See on congress.gov
Commerce
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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Oct 24, 2025
Introduced in House
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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Lobbying activity 4

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

  • NEOWISE CORP.
    for US INVENTOR · Florida · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
  • NEOWISE CORP.
    for US INVENTOR · Florida · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
  • NEOWISE CORP.
    for US INVENTOR · Florida · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)
  • NEOWISE CORP.
    for US INVENTOR · Florida · 4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31)

Bodies those filers lobbied

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 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 2 Republican 2
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McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Aug 13, 2026
 D
Davis, Donald G.
North Carolina · Oct 24, 2025
 R
Massie, Thomas
Kentucky · Oct 24, 2025
 R
McCormick, Richard
Georgia · Oct 24, 2025
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5819: Balancing Incentives Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-5819/
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"H.R. 5819: Balancing Incentives Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-5819/.
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H.R. 5819, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-5819/.
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[H.R. 5819: Balancing Incentives Act of 2025](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-5819/)
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