{"data":{"id":"us/35-u.s.c.-262","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"35 U.S.C. § 262","heading":"Joint owners","body":"In the absence of any agreement to the contrary, each of the joint owners of a patent may make, use, offer to sell, or sell the patented invention within the United States, or import the patented invention into the United States, without the consent of and without accounting to the other owners.","path":["Title 35—PATENTS","CHAPTER 26—OWNERSHIP AND ASSIGNMENT"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc35@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:59:18Z","sha256":"eb484d85105b32078497325ac68c6cc6ad5c4ea06a0f71bf03219a1dd1a0aa38","source_id":"us","stale":false,"prev":"us/35-u.s.c.-261","next":"us/35-u.s.c.-266"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}