,,ii  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ifc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,april #ae1 #bjae   
,ms4 ,hirono 7for herself and ,mr4      
,coons7 introduced the following bill2  
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,small ,business and     
,entrepreneurship  ,a ,,bill  ,to       
require the ,chief ,counsel for         
,advocacy of the ,small ,business       
,administration to submit a report on   
small business innovation4  #a4 ,short  
title  ,this ,act may be cited as the   
,small ,business ,innovation ,impact    
,act4  #b4 ,report on small business    
innovation  7a7 ,definition ,in this    
section1 the term small business concern
 has the meaning given the term in      
section #c of the ,small ,business ,act 
7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #fcb74  7b7 ,small       
business administration report ,not     
later than #a year after the date of    
enactment of this ,act1 the ,chief      
,counsel for ,advocacy of the ,small    
,business ,administration shall1 using  

existing resources1 submit to the       
,committee on ,small ,business and      
,entrepreneurship of the ,senate and the
 ,committee on ,small ,business of the  
,house of ,representatives a report     
analyzing--  7#a7 the investment of     
small business concerns in developing   
new and useful inventions and obtaining 
patents on those inventions2  7#b7 the  
importance of university technology     
transfer to small business concerns2    
7#c7 the use of patent licensing        
arrangements by small business concerns2
  7#d7 the impact of patent ownership   
for small business concerns on          
attracting outside investment1 creating 
new jobs1 protecting against foreign    
infringing goods1 and competing against 
larger businesses2 and  7#e7 the impact 
on small business concerns from         
patent-related demand letters and civil 
actions arising under title #ce1 ,united
 ,states ,code1 relating to patent      
infringement4