A bill to require the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office to establish and carry out a pilot program to expedite the examination of applications for certain patents, and for other purposes.
About This Bill
Committee
Latest Action · December 16, 2024
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
This bill establishes a pilot program at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to speed up the patent examination process for inventions in three critical technology areas: artificial intelligence, microelectronics, and quantum information science. The program, which must be set up within one year of the bill's enactment, will allow U.S.-based companies and individual U.S. inventors to have their patent applications processed faster, potentially waiving certain fees and procedural requirements. The pilot program will run for up to five years or until 10,000 applications are accepted into the program, whichever comes first, with the possibility of renewal for another five-year period or until an additional 10,000 applications are received. The Patent and Trademark Office must publicly report on the program's progress and submit a comprehensive assessment to Congress within six months after the pilot ends. This legislation aims to help American innovators maintain competitiveness in emerging technologies by reducing delays in obtaining patent protection.
Take Action
Your position
Add a comment
to comment on this bill.
Annotate the text
Highlight any passage on the Summary or Full Text tab to attach a note. Annotations appear on the Annotations tab.