; and (B) the term USPTO means the United States Patent and Trademark Office. (2) Assistance (A) In general The Administrator shall enter into an interagency agreement with the Director under which the Director shall assist recipients of an award under the SBIR or STTR program (in this paragraph referred to as SBIR and STTR recipients ) relating to intellectual property protection by establishing a prioritized patent examination program for SBIR and STTR recipients. (B) Program details The program established by the Director under subparagraph (A) shall have the following characteristics: (i) The program shall incorporate all existing (as of the date on which the Director establishes the program) benefits under the procedures for prioritized examination described in section 11(h) of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act ( 35 U.S.C. 41 note). (ii) Under the program, with respect to prioritized examination, an SBIR or STTR recipient shall not be required to pay any prioritized examination fee or processing fee otherwise required under section 11(h) of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act ( 35 U.S.C. 41 note). (iii) Under the program, the Director shall ensure that, of the total number of requests for prioritized examination accepted by the USPTO in a fiscal year, the greater of the following shall be reserved for prioritized examinations for SBIR and STTR recipients: (I) 5 percent of the total number of such requests that may be accepted during that fiscal year. (II) 500 requests for prioritized examination. (iv) Under the program, the Director may not grant more than 2 prioritized examination requests to any individual recipient. (v) Under the program, the Director may increase the number of requests for prioritized examination that may be accepted in any fiscal year (as described in section 1.102(e) of title 37, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor regulation) by the number determined under clause (iii) for that fiscal year. (C) Rules The Director shall issue rules to carry out the prioritized patent