Title 35 — Patents
174 sections across 25 chapters.
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Ch. 1— Powers and duties1 inactive13 sections
- § 1Establishment
- § 2Powers and duties
- § 3Officers and employees
- § 4Restrictions on officers and employees as to interest in patents
- § 5Patent and Trademark Office Public Advisory Committees
- § 6Patent Trial and Appeal Board
- § 7Library
- § 8Classification of patents
- § 9Certified copies of records
- § 10Publications
- § 11Exchange of copies of patents and applications with foreign countries
- § 12Copies of patents and applications for public libraries
- § 13Annual report to Congress
- § 14Renumbered § 13]Renumbered
Ch. 2— Filing date and day for taking action7 sections
Ch. 3— Suspension or exclusion from practice1 inactive2 sections
Ch. 4— Patent fees2 sections
Ch. 10— Inventions patentable1 inactive5 sections
Ch. 11— Application13 sections
- § 111Application
- § 112Specification
- § 113Drawings
- § 114Models, specimens
- § 115Inventor’s oath or declaration
- § 116Inventors
- § 117Death or incapacity of inventor
- § 118Filing by other than inventor
- § 119Benefit of earlier filing date; right of priority
- § 120Benefit of earlier filing date in the United States
- § 121Divisional applications
- § 122Confidential status of applications; publication of patent applications
- § 123Micro entity defined
Ch. 12— Examination of application5 sections
Ch. 13— Appeal to Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit6 sections
Ch. 14— Issue of patent2 inactive5 sections
- § 151Issue of patent
- § 152Issue of patent to assignee
- § 153How issued
- § 154Contents and term of patent; provisional rights
- § 155ARepealed. Pub. L. 112–29, § 20(k) , Sept. 16, 2011 , 125 Stat. 335 ]Repealed
- § 156Extension of patent term
- § 157Repealed. Pub. L. 112–29, § 3(e)(1) , Sept. 16, 2011 , 125 Stat. 287 ]Repealed
Ch. 15— Patents for plants4 sections
Ch. 16— Patents for designs3 sections
Ch. 17— Secrecy of certain inventions and withholding of patent8 sections
- § 181Secrecy of certain inventions and withholding of patent
- § 182Abandonment of invention for unauthorized disclosure
- § 183Right to compensation
- § 184Filing of application in foreign country
- § 185Patent barred for filing without license
- § 186Penalty
- § 187Nonapplicability to certain persons
- § 188Rules and regulations, delegation of power
Ch. 18— Policy and objective13 sections
- § 200Policy and objective
- § 201Definitions
- § 202Disposition of rights
- § 203March-in rights
- § 204Preference for United States industry
- § 205Confidentiality
- § 206Uniform clauses and regulations
- § 207Domestic and foreign protection of federally owned inventions
- § 208Regulations governing Federal licensing
- § 209Licensing federally owned inventions
- § 210Precedence of chapter
- § 211Relationship to antitrust laws
- § 212Disposition of rights in educational awards
Ch. 25— Reissue of defective patents7 sections
- § 251Reissue of defective patents
- § 252Effect of reissue
- § 253Disclaimer
- § 254Certificate of correction of Patent and Trademark Office mistake
- § 255Certificate of correction of applicant’s mistake
- § 256Correction of named inventor
- § 257Supplemental examinations to consider, reconsider, or correct information
Ch. 26— Ownership2 sections
Ch. 27— Time for taking action in Government applications1 inactive1 section
Ch. 28— Infringement of patent3 sections
Ch. 29— Remedy for infringement of patent19 sections
- § 281Remedy for infringement of patent
- § 282Presumption of validity; defenses
- § 283Injunction
- § 284Damages
- § 285Attorney fees
- § 286Time limitation on damages
- § 287Limitation on damages and other remedies; marking and notice
- § 288Action for infringement of a patent containing an invalid claim
- § 289Additional remedy for infringement of design patent
- § 290Notice of patent suits
- § 291Derived patents
- § 292False marking
- § 293Nonresident patentee; service and notice
- § 294Voluntary arbitration
- § 295Presumption: Product made by patented process
- § 296Liability of States, instrumentalities of States, and State officials for infringement of patents
- § 297Improper and deceptive invention promotion
- § 298Advice of counsel
- § 299Joinder of parties
Ch. 30— Citation of prior art and written statements7 sections
Ch. 31— Inter partes review9 sections
Ch. 32— Post-grant review9 sections
Ch. 35— Definitions1 section
Ch. 36— Receiving Office8 sections
- § 361Receiving Office
- § 362International Searching Authority and International Preliminary Examining Authority
- § 363International application designating the United States: Effect
- § 364International stage: Procedure
- § 365Right of priority; benefit of the filing date of a prior application
- § 366Withdrawn international application
- § 367Actions of other authorities: Review
- § 368Secrecy of certain inventions; filing international applications in foreign countries
Ch. 37— National stage: Commencement1 inactive5 sections
Ch. 38— Filing international design applications10 sections
- § 381Definitions
- § 382Filing international design applications
- § 383International design application
- § 384Filing date
- § 385Effect of international design application
- § 386Right of priority
- § 387Relief from prescribed time limits
- § 388Withdrawn or abandoned international design application
- § 389Examination of international design application
- § 390Publication of international design application