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H.R. 9142 119th Congress House

Prohibiting Adversarial Patents Act of 2026

Official title: To amend title 35, United States Code, to limit the ability of persons who pose a threat to national security to receive and enforce patents, and for other purposes.

Introduced: June 4, 2026 Introduced by: Scott Fitzgerald Republican · Wisconsin See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 9142: Prohibiting Adversarial Patents Act of 2026. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-9142/
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"H.R. 9142: Prohibiting Adversarial Patents Act of 2026." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-9142/.
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H.R. 9142, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-9142/.
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