,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,h4 ,r4 #fgeh  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of 
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #bf1
 #bjah,received  ,,an ,,act  ,to direct 
the ,under ,secretary of ,commerce for  
,intellectual ,property and ,director of
 the ,united ,states ,patent and        
,trademark ,office1 in consultation with
 the ,administrator of the ,small       
,business ,administration1 to study and 
provide recommendations to promote the  
participation of women1 minorities1 and 
veterans in entrepreneurship activities 
and the patent system1 to extend by #h  
years the ,patent and ,trademark        
,office's authority to set the amounts  
for the fees it charges1 and for other  
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,study of           
,underrepresented ,classes ,chasing     
,engineering and ,science ,success ,act 
of #bjah or the ,,success ,act4  #b4    
,findings2 sense of congress  7a7       
,findings ,congress finds the following3
  7#a7 ,patents and other forms of      

intellectual property are important     
engines of innovation1 invention1 and   
economic growth4  7#b7 ,many innovative 
small businesses1 which create over #bj 
percent of the total number of new jobs 
created in the ,united ,states each     
year1 depend on patent protections to   
commercialize new technologies4  7#c7   
,universities and their industry        
partners also rely on patent protections
 to transfer innovative new technologies
 from the laboratory or classroom to    
commercial use4  7#d7 ,recent studies   
have shown that there is a significant  
gap in the number of patents applied for
 and obtained by women and minorities4  
7b7 ,sense of congress ,it is the sense 
of ,congress that the ,united ,states   
has the responsibility to work with the 
private sector to close the gap in the  
number of patents applied for and       
obtained by women and minorities to     
harness the maximum innovative potential
 and continue to promote ,united ,states
 leadership in the global economy4  #c4 

,report  7a7 ,study ,the ,director1 in  
consultation with the ,administrator and
 any other head of an appropriate       
agency1 shall conduct a study that--    
7#a7 identifies publicly available data 
on the number of patents annually       
applied for and obtained by1 and the    
benefits of increasing the number of    
patents applied for and obtained by     
women1 minorities1 and veterans and     
small businesses owned by women1        
minorities1 and veterans2 and  7#b7     
provides legislative recommendations for
 how to-- 7,a7 promote the participation
 of women1 minorities1 and veterans in  
entrepreneurship activities2 and  7,b7  
increase the number of women1           
minorities1 and veterans who apply for  
and obtain patents4  7b7 ,report ,not   
later than #a year after the date of the
 enactment of this ,act1 the ,director  
shall submit to the ,committees on the  
,judiciary and ,small ,business of the  
,house of ,representatives and the      
,committees on the ,judiciary and ,small

 ,business and ,entrepreneurship of the 
,senate a report on the results of the  
study conducted under subsection 7a74   
#d4 ,extension of fee-setting authority 
,section #aj7;i77#b7 of the             
,leahy-,smith ,america ,invents ,act    
7,public ,law #aab-bi2 #abe ,stat4 #cai2
 #ce ,u4,s4,c4 #da note7 is amended by  
striking #g-year and inserting #ae-year4
  #e4 ,definitions ,in this ,act3 7#a7  
,administrator ,the term ,administrator 
means the ,administrator of the ,small  
,business ,administration4  7#b7 ,agency
 ,the term agency means a department1   
agency1 or instrumentality of the       
,united ,states ,government4  7#c7      
,director ,the term ,director means the 
,under ,secretary of ,commerce for      
,intellectual ,property and ,director of
 the ,united ,states ,patent and        
,trademark ,office4  ,passed the ,house 
of ,representatives ,september #be1     
#bjah4,karen ,l4 ,haas1,clerk4