Patents for Humanity Act of 2022

United States117th CongressS-4210Senate
Updated: May 12, 2022

Summary

Patents for Humanity Act of 2022 This bill provides statutory authority for a program to award certificates that may be used to accelerate certain proceedings and applications at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO). The program established under this bill shall be treated as the successor to the existing Patents for Humanity program. Under this bill, the PTO must hold a competition at least once every two years to award certificates to eligible entities that submit a patent application that addresses a humanitarian issue.

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Timeline

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HR-5796: Patents for Humanity Act of 2022

Signed by President.

  1. Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

    Senate

  2. Introduced in Senate

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