Leadership in CET Act
Sponsored By: Senator Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN]
Introduced
Summary
Expedite patent examination for critical and emerging technologies. This bill would create a USPTO pilot to fast-track patent applications covering AI, semiconductor design, or quantum information science so those inventions get quicker review.
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- Inventors and startups: Could receive faster patent decisions if their filing is an original, noncontinuing utility application and the inventor has not been named on more than four other covered pilot applications.
- Federal agencies and national security: The USPTO may consult agencies like Defense, Justice, State, Treasury, and the Director of National Intelligence when running the pilot, and the program excludes applicants listed as "foreign entities of concern."
- USPTO operations and transparency: The pilot would run until the earlier of five years or when 15,000 covered applications are accepted, require public posting of application and outcome counts, and mandate a final report to Judiciary Committees within 180 days after termination.
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Faster patent review for inventors
If enacted, the Patent Office would start a pilot within 1 year to speed examination of certain new utility patent applications that claim inventions in AI, semiconductor design/EDA, or quantum technologies. Only original, noncontinuing, nonprovisional applications filed under section 111(a) that do not claim domestic priority could join. Applicants could not be a "foreign entity of concern" and each inventor could be named on at most four other pilot applications. The USPTO Director could make rules to run the pilot, waive the petition fee, and consult other federal agencies. The pilot would end the earlier of 5 years after the first accepted application or after 15,000 accepted applications, and the Director must report to Congress within 180 days after it ends.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN]
TN • R
Cosponsors
Peter Welch
VT • D
Sponsored 5/21/2025
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