2015 Application Period for the Patents for Humanity Program
Patents for Humanity is an annual program through which the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recognizes patent holders who use their technology for humanitarian purposes. This year, the USPTO will accept applications for recognition under the program from July 1, 2015, to December 4, 2015. All other program terms remain the same as the terms of the 2014 program.
- Task
- Read the news
- Patent or trademark
- both
- Legacy system
- —
- Current entry point
- www.federalregister.gov/documents/2015/06/29/2015-15854/2015-application-period-for-the-patents-for-humanity-program (permanent link in the Federal Register, verified 2026-09-30)
- Legacy system and where it moved
- No legacy system name mention in title or summary )
- Fee
- No fee mention in title or summary )
- What you need (account or API key)
- No account or key mention in title or summary )
- Published
- 2015-06-29
- Document type
- Notice
- Source
- USPTO documents published in the Federal Register (Federal Register API)(retrieved 2026-10-06)
Everything in the same category
Read the news (all 1988) · both (all 2333)
Related entry points
- Patents for Humanity Program
- Extension of the 2014 Application Deadline for Patents for Humanity Program
- Extension of the Application Deadline for Humanitarian Awards Pilot Program
- Patent and Trademark Public Advisory Committees
- Revisions To Implement the Patent Term Adjustment Provisions of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act Technical Corrections Act
- Humanitarian Awards Pilot Program
- Extension of Period To Allow Submission of a PDF With a Patent Application Filed in DOCX Format
- Trademark Public Advisory Committee
- Patent and Trademark Public Advisory Committees
- Patent and Trademark Public Advisory Committees
- Patent and Trademark Public Advisory Committees
- Patent and Trademark Public Advisory Committees
- Patent and Trademark Public Advisory Committees
- Extension of the Cancer Immunotherapy Pilot Program
- Submission for OMB Review
- Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request