118th Congress · HOUSE BILLBILL

H.R. 4370 — PREVAIL Act

“To amend title 35, United States Code, to invest in inventors in the United States, maintain the United States as the leading innovation economy in the world, and protect the property rights of the inventors that grow the economy of the United States, and for other purposes.”

Commerce

Introduced Jun 27, 2023

Last action Jun 27, 2023

Pipeline · Bill → Law

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Introduced

Jun 27, 2023

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Referred

Jun 27, 2023

Judiciary

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Committee

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House floor

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Senate

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Resolve Changes

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SummaryCRS Summary

This bill addresses various issues relating to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO), including by imposing additional requirements on administrative patent validity challenges (proceedings to review and potentially cancel issued patents) at the PTO. The bill modifies provisions relating to inter partes reviews (IPRs) and other administrative patent validity proceedings, including by prohibiting an administrative patent judge who participated in deciding whether to institute an IPR (i.e., whether to allow the IPR to proceed based on the initial petition) from also participating in deciding the final outcome of the same IPR;prohibiting a person (individual or entity) from petitioning f...

Provisions · 9 sectionsIntroduced in House

Timeline · 2 actions

Jun 27, 2023

Introduced in House

Jun 27, 2023

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.