Restoring America’s Leadership in Innovation Act of 2025

Section 3 establishes a one-year grace period before an inventor must file a patent application, allowing inventors to publicly disclose their work to attract investment and complete research without losing patent rights.

Section 6 eliminates fee diversion, ensuring that all fees collected by the United States Patent and Trademark Office stay within the agency to fund its operations and services fully through the newly established Innovation Promotion Fund.

Section 11 protects patent holders by requiring that any party challenging the validity of a patent must prove invalidity by clear and convincing evidence, and it pauses the patent's timeline while a court challenge is ongoing.

Section 12 ensures that when a court finds patent infringement, there is a legal presumption of irreparable harm, making it easier for patent owners to secure permanent injunctions against infringers without needing to actively manufacture a product.

Section 4 abolishes inter partes review and post-grant review, which could make it harder and more expensive for the public or competing businesses to challenge potentially weak or improperly issued patents outside of federal court.

Section 10 ends the automatic publication of patent applications after 18 months, meaning the public will have no access to information regarding pending patent applications until an actual patent is issued, potentially reducing public transparency.