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- 35 U.S.C. § 2 · Powers and duties
- 35 U.S.C. § 3 · Officers and employees
- 35 U.S.C. § 4 · Restrictions on officers and employees as to interest in patents
- 35 U.S.C. § 5 · Patent and Trademark Office Public Advisory Committees
- 35 U.S.C. § 6 · Patent Trial and Appeal Board
- 35 U.S.C. § 7 · Library
- 35 U.S.C. § 8 · Classification of patents
- 35 U.S.C. § 9 · Certified copies of records
- 35 U.S.C. § 10 · Publications
- 35 U.S.C. § 11 · Exchange of copies of patents and applications with foreign countries
- 35 U.S.C. § 12 · Copies of patents and applications for public libraries
- 35 U.S.C. § 13 · Annual report to Congress
- 35 U.S.C. § 14 · [Renumbered § 13]
- 35 U.S.C. § 21 · Filing date and day for taking action
- 35 U.S.C. § 22 · Printing of papers filed
- 35 U.S.C. § 23 · Testimony in Patent and Trademark Office cases
- 35 U.S.C. § 24 · Subpoenas, witnesses
- 35 U.S.C. § 25 · Declaration in lieu of oath
- 35 U.S.C. § 26 · Effect of defective execution
- 35 U.S.C. § 27 · Revival of applications; reinstatement of reexamination proceedings
- 35 U.S.C. § 28 · Award of certificates to accelerate certain matters at the Patent and Trademark Office
- 35 U.S.C. § 31 · [Repealed. Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, § 1000(a)(9) [title IV, § 4715(b)], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A–580]
- 35 U.S.C. § 32 · Suspension or exclusion from practice
- 35 U.S.C. § 33 · Unauthorized representation as practitioner
- 35 U.S.C. § 41 · Patent fees; patent and trademark search systems
- 35 U.S.C. § 42 · Patent and Trademark Office funding
- 35 U.S.C. § 100 · Definitions
- 35 U.S.C. § 101 · Inventions patentable
- 35 U.S.C. § 102 · Conditions for patentability; novelty
- 35 U.S.C. § 103 · Conditions for patentability; non-obvious subject matter
- 35 U.S.C. § 104 · [Repealed. Pub. L. 112–29, § 3(d), Sept. 16, 2011, 125 Stat. 287]
- 35 U.S.C. § 105 · Inventions in outer space
- 35 U.S.C. § 111 · Application
- 35 U.S.C. § 112 · Specification
- 35 U.S.C. § 113 · Drawings
- 35 U.S.C. § 114 · Models, specimens
- 35 U.S.C. § 115 · Inventor’s oath or declaration
- 35 U.S.C. § 116 · Inventors
- 35 U.S.C. § 117 · Death or incapacity of inventor
- 35 U.S.C. § 118 · Filing by other than inventor
- 35 U.S.C. § 119 · Benefit of earlier filing date; right of priority
- 35 U.S.C. § 120 · Benefit of earlier filing date in the United States
- 35 U.S.C. § 121 · Divisional applications
- 35 U.S.C. § 122 · Confidential status of applications; publication of patent applications
- 35 U.S.C. § 123 · Micro entity defined
- 35 U.S.C. § 131 · Examination of application
- 35 U.S.C. § 132 · Notice of rejection; reexamination
- 35 U.S.C. § 133 · Time for prosecuting application
- 35 U.S.C. § 134 · Appeal to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board
- 35 U.S.C. § 135 · Derivation proceedings
- 35 U.S.C. § 141 · Appeal to Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- 35 U.S.C. § 142 · Notice of appeal
- 35 U.S.C. § 143 · Proceedings on appeal
- 35 U.S.C. § 144 · Decision on appeal
- 35 U.S.C. § 145 · Civil action to obtain patent
- 35 U.S.C. § 146 · Civil action in case of derivation proceeding
- 35 U.S.C. § 151 · Issue of patent
- 35 U.S.C. § 152 · Issue of patent to assignee
- 35 U.S.C. § 153 · How issued
- 35 U.S.C. § 154 · Contents and term of patent; provisional rights
- 35 U.S.C. § 155, 155A · [Repealed. Pub. L. 112–29, § 20(k), Sept. 16, 2011, 125 Stat. 335]
- 35 U.S.C. § 156 · Extension of patent term
- 35 U.S.C. § 157 · [Repealed. Pub. L. 112–29, § 3(e)(1), Sept. 16, 2011, 125 Stat. 287]
- 35 U.S.C. § 161 · Patents for plants
- 35 U.S.C. § 162 · Description, claim
- 35 U.S.C. § 163 · Grant
- 35 U.S.C. § 164 · Assistance of Department of Agriculture
- 35 U.S.C. § 171 · Patents for designs
- 35 U.S.C. § 172 · Right of priority
- 35 U.S.C. § 173 · Term of design patent
- 35 U.S.C. § 181 · Secrecy of certain inventions and withholding of patent
- 35 U.S.C. § 182 · Abandonment of invention for unauthorized disclosure
- 35 U.S.C. § 183 · Right to compensation
- 35 U.S.C. § 184 · Filing of application in foreign country
- 35 U.S.C. § 185 · Patent barred for filing without license
- 35 U.S.C. § 186 · Penalty
- 35 U.S.C. § 187 · Nonapplicability to certain persons
- 35 U.S.C. § 188 · Rules and regulations, delegation of power
- 35 U.S.C. § 200 · Policy and objective
- 35 U.S.C. § 201 · Definitions
- 35 U.S.C. § 202 · Disposition of rights
- 35 U.S.C. § 203 · March-in rights
- 35 U.S.C. § 204 · Preference for United States industry
- 35 U.S.C. § 205 · Confidentiality
- 35 U.S.C. § 206 · Uniform clauses and regulations
- 35 U.S.C. § 207 · Domestic and foreign protection of federally owned inventions
- 35 U.S.C. § 208 · Regulations governing Federal licensing
- 35 U.S.C. § 209 · Licensing federally owned inventions
- 35 U.S.C. § 210 · Precedence of chapter
- 35 U.S.C. § 211 · Relationship to antitrust laws
- 35 U.S.C. § 212 · Disposition of rights in educational awards
- 35 U.S.C. § 251 · Reissue of defective patents
- 35 U.S.C. § 252 · Effect of reissue
- 35 U.S.C. § 253 · Disclaimer
- 35 U.S.C. § 254 · Certificate of correction of Patent and Trademark Office mistake
- 35 U.S.C. § 255 · Certificate of correction of applicant’s mistake
- 35 U.S.C. § 256 · Correction of named inventor
- 35 U.S.C. § 257 · Supplemental examinations to consider, reconsider, or correct information
- 35 U.S.C. § 261 · Ownership; assignment
- 35 U.S.C. § 262 · Joint owners