United States · Bill · S
S. 4210 (117th)
Patents for Humanity Act of 2022
Introduced
12 May 2022
Last action
12 May 2022 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Sponsors
Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT], Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
10 August 2026
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
12 May 2022
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Source: IntroReferral
12 May 2022
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 12 May 2022 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] · R · Sponsor
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Related records
- related to → Patents for Humanity Act of 2022
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/4210
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/s/4210
- us · 117-s-4210 · source updated 10 August 2026