# 119-hr-9143: Foreign Adversary Patent Disclosure Act

119-hr-9143, Foreign Adversary Patent Disclosure Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Fitzgerald, Scott [R-WI-5] (R-WI); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-07-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-9143
- Congress: 119
- Title: Foreign Adversary Patent Disclosure Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-06-04
- Sponsor: Rep. Fitzgerald, Scott [R-WI-5] (R-WI)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Commerce
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-07-01

## Summary

**Requires patent applicants to disclose recent ties between patent owners and specified foreign adversaries.** This bill would add a new disclosure to regular and provisional patent applications requiring applicants to identify any person with an ownership interest who within five years was employed by, funded by, or given financial incentives from a listed foreign adversary (China, including Special Administrative Regions, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, or Russia). - Inventors and patent applicants would have to report owners with those ties when filing, covering employment, state-affiliated funding or talent programs, and other financial incentives related to a patent. - Small business concerns that already make disclosures under section 9(g) or 9(o) of the Small Business Act are exempt from this requirement. - The Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office may request true copies of contracts or financial agreements tied to disclosures and keep those copies confidential and separate from the patent file.

## Provisions PRIA read

- New patent disclosure for foreign ties: cost, low. If enacted, this bill would require every person filing a patent or a provisional patent application to disclose owners with certain foreign ties. Applicants would list each person with an ownership interest who, in the five years before filing, was employed by an entity owned or controlled by a li…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-4312: SCORE Act
- 119-hr-2570: Maximum Pressure Act
- 119-hr-6955: Main Street Capital Access Act
- 119-hr-6766: Essential Caregivers Act of 2025
- 119-hr-21: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act
- 119-hr-10582: Motion Picture, Television, and Entertainment Revitalization Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-9143 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9143)

## Related
- [119-hr-4312: SCORE Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4312)
- [119-hr-2570: Maximum Pressure Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2570)
- [119-hr-6955: Main Street Capital Access Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6955)
- [119-hr-6766: Essential Caregivers Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6766)
- [119-hr-21: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-21)
- [119-hr-10582: Motion Picture, Television, and Entertainment Revitalization Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-10582)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9143 (as of 2026-07-01).