International Patent Act of 2000

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] International Patent Act of 2000 - Makes the United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) responsible for: (1) establishing at the PTO a special United States-Generalized System of Preference (US-GSP) country office for official notification of issuance of patents which have official status for both the U.S. and a specific GSP country law; (2) insuring that dual issuance of patents under the GSP country law be made according to U.S. standards and valid under U.S. law; and (3) insuring that all examination and search duties for the grant of U.S. letters patent and specific GSP country patents be performed by U.S. examiners who are U.S. citizens. Requires a trust fund of fifteen percent charged from fees, with a special handling fee, to be set aside in the name of a GSP country for its use in establishing or enhancing its patent system. Requires the United States, an examining and patent search country in compliance with the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT), to make PTO patent data base computer search facilities available, for a fee, in each GSP country. Directs the Small Business Administration to provide information to GSP countries on the steps required to create a small busine…