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S. 1402

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Patents for Humanity Program Improvement Act
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Passed
Latest Action · May 27, 2016
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Congress
114th (2015–2017)
Introduced
May 20, 2015
Cosponsors (1)
0D 1R
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(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.

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