Bill > HR5819

This bill, known as the "Balancing Incentives Act of 2025," proposes to amend Title 35 of the United States Code to require patent owners to provide explicit consent before a petition for inter partes review (IPR) or post-grant review can be filed. Specifically, the bill adds a new requirement to both IPR and post-grant review procedures that the patent owner must formally consent to the filing of the review petition. Inter partes review is a process that allows third parties to challenge the validity of an existing patent by presenting evidence to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, and post-grant review is a similar procedure that can be used to challenge a patent's validity within a certain timeframe after the patent is granted. By mandating patent owner consent, the bill aims to give patent holders more control over challenges to their intellectual property and potentially reduce the number of review petitions filed against them. The changes would be implemented by adding a sixth condition to the existing petition requirements in sections 312(a) and 322(a) of Title 35, which governs patent law in the United States.

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