{"data":{"id":"us/35-u.s.c.-288","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"35 U.S.C. § 288","heading":"Action for infringement of a patent containing an invalid claim","body":"Whenever a claim of a patent is invalid, an action may be maintained for the infringement of a claim of the patent which may be valid. The patentee shall recover no costs unless a disclaimer of the invalid claim has been entered at the Patent and Trademark Office before the commencement of the suit.","path":["Title 35—PATENTS","CHAPTER 29—REMEDIES FOR INFRINGEMENT OF PATENT, AND OTHER ACTIONS"],"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":"b77f499af3ec1469b6da47c5fb44a8ced58c75d43969c4bae29d78b998ef840f","source_id":"us","stale":false,"prev":"us/35-u.s.c.-287","next":"us/35-u.s.c.-289"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}