A bill to allow acceleration certificates awarded under the Patents for Humanity Program to be transferable.
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
Patents for Humanity Program Improvement Act
(Sec. 2) This bill allows the holder or successor of an acceleration certificate issued pursuant to the Patents for Humanity Program (a pilot awards program established by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office [USPTO] entitling awardees to accelerate certain USPTO proceedings for patented technologies addressing humanitarian needs among an impoverished population or for further research on humanitarian technologies) to transfer, including by sale, the entitlement to such certificate to another person.
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-603.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S3187-3188)
Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S3378-3379)
Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3378-3379)
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S3379)
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S3379)
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Received in the House.
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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