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title: "15 U.S.C. § 648c"
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description: "SBA and USPTO partnerships"
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title_number: 15
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title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
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chapter_number: "14A"
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chapter_name: "AID TO SMALL BUSINESS"
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section: "648c"
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citation: "15 U.S.C. § 648c"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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# 15 U.S.C. § 648c - SBA and USPTO partnerships
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## Text
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(a) In general Beginning not later than 180 days after October 9, 2018, the Administrator, in consultation with the Director, shall develop partnership agreements that—
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(1) provide for the—
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(A) development of high-quality training, including in-person or modular training sessions, for small business concerns relating to domestic and international protection of intellectual property;
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(B) leveraging of training materials already developed for the education of inventors and small business concerns; and
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(C) participation of a nongovernmental organization; and
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(2) provide training—
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(A) through electronic resources, including Internet-based webinars; and
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(B) at physical locations, including—
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(i) a small business development center; and
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(ii) the headquarters or a regional office of the USPTO.
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(Pub. L. 115–259, § 4, Oct. 9, 2018, 132 Stat. 3664.)
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## Notes
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Editorial Notes
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Codification Section was enacted as part of the Small Business Innovation Protection Act of 2017, and not as part of the Small Business Act which comprises this chapter.
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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
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FindingsPub. L. 115–259, § 3, Oct. 9, 2018, 132 Stat. 3664, provided that: “Congress finds that— “(1) the USPTO and the SBA are positioned to—“(A) build upon several successful intellectual property and training programs aimed at small business concerns; and “(B) increase the availability of and the participation in the programs described in subparagraph (A) across the United States; and “(2) any education and training program administered by the USPTO and the SBA should be scalable so that the program is able to reach more small business concerns.”
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Definitions Pub. L. 115–259, § 2, Oct. 9, 2018, 132 Stat. 3664, provided that: “In this Act [see Short Title of 2018 Amendment note set out under section 631 of this title]— “(1) the term ‘Administrator’ means the Administrator of the SBA; “(2) the term ‘Director’ means the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO; “(3) the term ‘SBA’ means the Small Business Administration; “(4) the term ‘small business concern’ has the meaning given the term in section 3(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(a)); “(5) the term ‘small business development center’ means a center described in section 21 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 648); and “(6) the term ‘USPTO’ means the United States Patent and Trademark Office.”
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