1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Prohibiting Adversarial Patents Act of 2023 . 2. Disclosures in patent applications regarding ties to the People’s Republic of China and other foreign adversaries (a) Disclosures in patent applications regarding Ties to People’s Republic of China and other foreign adversaries Section 111 of title 35, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (d) Disclosures regarding ties to people’s republic of china and other foreign countries (1) Disclosure The Director shall require each person submitting an application for patent under subsection (a), or a provisional application for a patent under subsection (b), to disclose in the application the identity of each person with an ownership interest in the invention being claimed that in the five years before submitting such application received funding from— (A) a state-affiliated research fund associated with a foreign adversary; or (B) a talent recruitment program associated with a foreign adversary. (2) Request for true copies (A) In general After reviewing any disclosure made by an applicant in accordance with paragraph (1), the Director may (as the Director determines appropriate) request such applicant provide true copies of any contractual or financial obligation or other agreement specific to such disclosure. (B) Confidentiality Any true copy provided to the Director under subparagraph (A) may be kept confidential and separate from the file wrapper of the patent application. (3) Exemption Any applicant who is a small business concern and is subject to disclosures pursuant to subsection (g) or (o) of section 9 of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 638 ) shall be exempt from making the disclosure required by paragraph (1). (4) Foreign adversary defined In this subsection, the term foreign adversary means— (A) the People’s Republic of China, including all Special Administrative Regions; (B) the Republic of Cuba; (C) the Islamic Republic of Iran; (D) the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea