To provide for the issuance of patents for the Generalized System of Preference (GSP) countries with a Letter of Agreement with the U.S. through a program establishing an International US\GSP Office in which the U.S. issues patents using U.S. standards that are valid under both U.S. and GSP law, to aid in creating captial for GSP countries through patents and innovation and to establish or enhance their patent system through U.S. expertise and training.
Requires a trust fund of fifteen percent charged from fees, with a special handling fee, to be set aside in the name of a GSP country for its use in establishing or enhancing its patent system.
Requires the United States, an examining and patent search country in compliance with the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT), to make PTO patent data base computer search facilities available, for a fee, in each GSP country.
Directs the Small Business Administration to provide information to GSP countries on the steps required to create a small business based on a patent issued to an individual-small business under the US-GSP Patent Notification Office.
Directs the Agency for International Development to develop a program to instruct GSP countries in the methods of structuring a patent system to enhance economic development, with the U.S. Dole-Bayh Act as a model illustrating the benefits accruing to universities from intellectual property.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on International Relations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on International Relations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on International Relations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property.
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