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Balancing Incentives Act of 2025
To amend title 35, United States Code, to require a patent owner to consent to the filing of a petition for inter-partes review or post- grant review, and for other purposes.
Summary
- Requires that the patent owner must consent to the filing of a petition for inter partes review before such a petition may be filed.
- Requires that the patent owner must consent to the filing of a petition for post-grant review before such a petition may be filed.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9] (D-OH)
4 cosponsors
Actions (2)
- Oct 24, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. · house
- Oct 24, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
October 24, 2025
Ms. Kaptur (for herself, Mr. Massie, Mr. McCormick, and Mr. Davis of North Carolina) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend title 35, United States Code, to require a patent owner to consent to the filing of a petition for inter-partes review or post- grant review, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Balancing Incentives Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT FOR PATENT OWNER TO CONSENT TO THE FILING OF PETITION FOR INTER-PARTES REVIEW OR POST-GRANT REVIEW.
Title 35, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in section 312(a)—
(A) in paragraph (4), by striking “; and” and inserting a semicolon;
(B) in paragraph (5), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
“(6) the owner of the patent consents to the filing of the petition.”; and
(2) in section 322(a)—
(A) in paragraph (4), by striking “; and” and inserting a semicolon;
(B) in paragraph (5), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
“(6) the owner of the patent consents to the filing of the petition.”. <all>
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