This bill would amend federal patent law to require that patent owners must give their permission before someone can file a petition to challenge their patent through inter partes review or post-grant review processes. Currently, these patent challenge procedures can be initiated by others without the patent owner's consent, allowing competitors or other parties to contest whether a patent should remain valid. The bill adds a new consent requirement to both the inter partes review and post-grant review procedures under U.S. patent law. The change would make it harder for challengers to launch these reviews and would give patent owners more control over whether their patents face these types of legal challenges. The legislation was introduced in April 2024 but contains no specific funding authorization or implementation timeline.