Title 35 of the United States Code
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- § 1. Establishment
- § 10. Publications
- § 100. Definitions
- § 101. Inventions patentable
- § 102. Conditions for patentability; novelty
- § 103. Conditions for patentability; non-obvious subject matter
- § 104. Repealed. Pub. L. 112–29, §3(d), Sept. 16, 2011, 125 Stat. 287
- § 105. Inventions in outer space
- § 11. Exchange of copies of patents and applications with foreign countries
- § 111. Application
- § 112. Specification
- § 113. Drawings
- § 114. Models, specimens
- § 115. Inventor's oath or declaration
- § 116. Inventors
- § 117. Death or incapacity of inventor
- § 118. Filing by other than inventor
- § 119. Benefit of earlier filing date; right of priority
- § 12. Copies of patents and applications for public libraries
- § 120. Benefit of earlier filing date in the United States
- § 121. Divisional applications
- § 122. Confidential status of applications; publication of patent applications
- § 123. Micro entity defined
- § 13. Annual report to Congress
- § 131. Examination of application
- § 132. Notice of rejection; reexamination
- § 133. Time for prosecuting application
- § 134. Appeal to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board
- § 135. Derivation proceedings
- § 14. Renumbered §13
- § 141. Appeal to Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- § 142. Notice of appeal
- § 143. Proceedings on appeal
- § 144. Decision on appeal
- § 145. Civil action to obtain patent
- § 146. Civil action in case of derivation proceeding
- § 151. Issue of patent
- § 152. Issue of patent to assignee
- § 153. How issued
- § 154. Contents and term of patent; provisional rights
- § 155. , 155A. Repealed. Pub. L. 112–29, §20(k), Sept. 16, 2011, 125 Stat. 335
- § 156. Extension of patent term
- § 157. Repealed. Pub. L. 112–29, §3(e)(1), Sept. 16, 2011, 125 Stat. 287
- § 161. Patents for plants
- § 162. Description, claim
- § 163. Grant
- § 164. Assistance of Department of Agriculture
- § 171. Patents for designs
- § 172. Right of priority
- § 173. Term of design patent
- § 181. Secrecy of certain inventions and withholding of patent
- § 182. Abandonment of invention for unauthorized disclosure
- § 183. Right to compensation
- § 184. Filing of application in foreign country
- § 185. Patent barred for filing without license
- § 186. Penalty
- § 187. Nonapplicability to certain persons
- § 188. Rules and regulations, delegation of power
- § 2. Powers and duties
- § 200. Policy and objective
- § 201. Definitions
- § 202. Disposition of rights
- § 203. March-in rights
- § 204. Preference for United States industry
- § 205. Confidentiality
- § 206. Uniform clauses and regulations
- § 207. Domestic and foreign protection of federally owned inventions
- § 208. Regulations governing Federal licensing
- § 209. Licensing federally owned inventions
- § 21. Filing date and day for taking action
- § 210. Precedence of chapter
- § 211. Relationship to antitrust laws
- § 212. Disposition of rights in educational awards
- § 22. Printing of papers filed
- § 23. Testimony in Patent and Trademark Office cases
- § 24. Subpoenas, witnesses
- § 25. Declaration in lieu of oath
- § 251. Reissue of defective patents
- § 252. Effect of reissue
- § 253. Disclaimer
- § 254. Certificate of correction of Patent and Trademark Office mistake
- § 255. Certificate of correction of applicant's mistake
- § 256. Correction of named inventor
- § 257. Supplemental examinations to consider, reconsider, or correct information
- § 26. Effect of defective execution
- § 261. Ownership; assignment
- § 262. Joint owners
- § 266. Repealed. Pub. L. 89–83, §8, July 24, 1965, 79 Stat. 261
- § 267. Time for taking action in Government applications
- § 27. Revival of applications; reinstatement of reexamination proceedings
- § 271. Infringement of patent
- § 272. Temporary presence in the United States
- § 273. Defense to infringement based on prior commercial use
- § 28. Award of certificates to accelerate certain matters at the Patent and Trademark Office
- § 281. Remedy for infringement of patent
- § 282. Presumption of validity; defenses
- § 283. Injunction
- § 284. Damages
- § 285. Attorney fees
- § 286. Time limitation on damages
- § 287. Limitation on damages and other remedies; marking and notice
- § 288. Action for infringement of a patent containing an invalid claim
- § 289. Additional remedy for infringement of design patent
- § 290. Notice of patent suits
- § 291. Derived patents
- § 292. False marking
- § 293. Nonresident patentee; service and notice
- § 294. Voluntary arbitration
- § 295. Presumption: Product made by patented process
- § 296. Liability of States, instrumentalities of States, and State officials for infringement of patents
- § 297. Improper and deceptive invention promotion
- § 298. Advice of counsel
- § 299. Joinder of parties
- § 3. Officers and employees
- § 301. Citation of prior art and written statements
- § 302. Request for reexamination
- § 303. Determination of issue by Director
- § 304. Reexamination order by Director
- § 305. Conduct of reexamination proceedings
- § 306. Appeal
- § 307. Certificate of patentability, unpatentability, and claim cancellation
- § 31. Repealed. Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, §1000(a)(9) [title IV, §4715(b)], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A–580
- § 311. Inter partes review
- § 312. Petitions
- § 313. Preliminary response to petition
- § 314. Institution of inter partes review
- § 315. Relation to other proceedings or actions
- § 316. Conduct of inter partes review
- § 317. Settlement
- § 318. Decision of the Board
- § 319. Appeal
- § 32. Suspension or exclusion from practice
- § 321. Post-grant review
- § 322. Petitions
- § 323. Preliminary response to petition
- § 324. Institution of post-grant review
- § 325. Relation to other proceedings or actions
- § 326. Conduct of post-grant review
- § 327. Settlement
- § 328. Decision of the Board
- § 329. Appeal
- § 33. Unauthorized representation as practitioner
- § 351. Definitions
- § 361. Receiving Office
- § 362. International Searching Authority and International Preliminary Examining Authority
- § 363. International application designating the United States: Effect
- § 364. International stage: Procedure
- § 365. Right of priority; benefit of the filing date of a prior application
- § 366. Withdrawn international application
- § 367. Actions of other authorities: Review
- § 368. Secrecy of certain inventions; filing international applications in foreign countries
- § 371. National stage: Commencement
- § 372. National stage: Requirements and procedure
- § 373. Repealed. Pub. L. 112–274, §1(i), Jan. 14, 2013, 126 Stat. 2457
- § 374. Publication of international application
- § 375. Patent issued on international application: Effect
- § 376. Fees
- § 381. Definitions
- § 382. Filing international design applications
- § 383. International design application
- § 384. Filing date
- § 385. Effect of international design application
- § 386. Right of priority
- § 387. Relief from prescribed time limits
- § 388. Withdrawn or abandoned international design application
- § 389. Examination of international design application
- § 390. Publication of international design application
- § 4. Restrictions on officers and employees as to interest in patents
- § 41. Patent fees; patent and trademark search systems
- § 42. Patent and Trademark Office funding
- § 5. Patent and Trademark Office Public Advisory Committees
- § 6. Patent Trial and Appeal Board
- § 7. Library
- § 8. Classification of patents
- § 9. Certified copies of records