S. 1553 119th Congress Senate

PREVAIL Act

Official title: A bill 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 … Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill 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: Christopher A. Coons Democratic · Delaware See on congress.gov

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

May 1, 2025

Introduced in Senate

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Read twice and referred to the 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

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

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Lobbying activity 211

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

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY (TSMC)
for TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY (TSMC) · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
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)

Bodies those filers lobbied

SENATE
209 filings
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
205 filings
Commerce, Dept of (DOC)
118 filings
Patent & Trademark Office (PTO)
97 filings
U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
78 filings
Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
66 filings
Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
54 filings
White House Office
49 filings

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Cosponsors 3