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.
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 4, 2026
Introduced in House
Jun 4, 2026
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Bill text
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Committees of jurisdiction
1
Lobbying activity
11
- BIOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION ORGANIZATION
- PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA
- GSK (FKA GLAXOSMITHKLINE INC.)
- FRANKLIN SQUARE GROUP, LLC
- FRANKLIN SQUARE GROUP, LLC
- DAVID W JONES
Bodies those filers lobbied
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- SENATE
- Patent & Trademark Office (PTO)
- Commerce, Dept of (DOC)
- Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
- Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
- Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
- Treasury, Dept of
Cosponsors
3
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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/
"H.R. 9142: Prohibiting Adversarial Patents Act of 2026." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-9142/.
H.R. 9142, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-9142/.
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