S. 5610 — Prohibiting Adversarial Patents Act of 2026

This section prohibits issuance of United States patents to any person on the Non-SDN Chinese Military-Industrial Complex Companies List, the list of Chinese military companies operating in the United States, or the Federal Communications Commission list of covered communications equipment or services. It renders any such patent unenforceable while the owner remains on those lists and bars expedited examination of their applications. The President may waive the prohibitions for successive 180-day periods after determining no essential security interest exists and submitting a detailed report to the Senate and House Judiciary Committees.