Sec. 7. Small business education, outreach, and information access

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Using existing resources, the Director shall develop educational resources for small businesses to address concerns arising from patent infringement. The existing small business patent outreach programs of the Office, and the relevant offices at the Small Business Administration and the Minority Business Development Agency, shall provide education and awareness on abusive patent litigation practices. The Director may give special consideration to the unique needs of small firms owned by disabled veterans, service-disabled veterans, women, and minority entrepreneurs in planning and executing the outreach efforts by the Office.

Using existing resources, the Director shall create a user-friendly section on the official Web site of the Office to notify the public when a patent case is brought in Federal court and, with respect to each patent at issue in such case, the Director shall include— information disclosed under subsections

(b)and

(d)of section 290 of title 35, United States Code, as added by section 4(a) of this Act; and any other information the Director determines to be relevant. In order to promote accessibility for the public, the information described in paragraph

(1)shall be searchable by patent number, patent art area, and entity.