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The Prohibiting Adversarial Patents Act, introduced alongside Chairman of the Select Committee on China John Moolenaar (MI-02) and Chairman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet Darrell Issa (CA-50), would prohibit the issuance of a U.S. patent to any person or entity who is identified to be a threat to U.S. national security pursuant to the Non-SDN CMIC List, the 1260H List, or the FCC’s Section 2 List. Any patent previously issued to companies on these lists would be unenforceable. This bill would also restrict such entities from participating in any expedited patent examination programs, including the USPTO’s Patent Prosecution Highway program.

Source: https://fitzgerald.house.gov/media/press-releases/fitzgerald-moolenaar-and-issa-patent-bill