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35 U.S.C. § 28

Award of certificates to accelerate certain matters at the Patent and Trademark Office

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35 U.S.C. § 28, Award of certificates to accelerate certain matters at the Patent and Trademark Office, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/470795
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In this section, the term “eligible entity” means an entity that— There is established a competition, to be held not less frequently than biennially, to award eligible entities certificates that can be redeemed to accelerate one of the following matters:

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The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.