; and (2) by adding at the end the following: 15. Interagency Task Force on Patents (a) Establishment There is established an interagency task force, to be known as the Interagency Task Force on Patents (referred to in this section as the task force ), to coordinate efforts between the Director and the Commissioner of Food and Drugs (referred to in this section as the Commissioner ) regarding communication about, evaluation of, and effective implementation of the activities of the Office and the Food and Drug Administration with respect to patents, and decisions or actions involving patents (as defined in section 2(c)(6)(B)), for human drugs and biological products. (b) Memorandum of understanding The Director and the Commissioner shall enter into a memorandum of understanding, or update an existing memorandum of understanding, for the purposes of implementing and carrying out the duties of the task force. (c) Membership The task force shall be comprised of employees of the Office, who shall be appointed by the Director, and employees of the Food and Drug Administration, who shall be appointed by the Commissioner, who have appropriate expertise and decision-making authority regarding operational, administrative, technical, medical, pharmacological, clinical, and scientific matters to carry out the functions of the task force. (d) Activities The task force shall carry out the following functions regarding interagency coordination to promote reciprocal access of information: (1) Sharing information on the general processes of the Office and the Food and Drug Administration, what each such agency considers in its respective review of applications, and how each such agency evaluates those applications, which may be undertaken through routine and ongoing meetings, workshops, and training sessions. (2) Sharing information on new approvals of patents, human drugs and biological products, new technologies and prior art (as appropriate on a case-by-case basis), and scientific trends and developments. (3) Establishing a