Leahy-Smith America Invents Act

Pub. L. 112-29

97 sections of the Code credited to this law, found between Public Law 111-383 and Public Law 112-90.

• 15 U.S.C. § 1071 — Appeal to courts
• 28 U.S.C. § 1295 — Jurisdiction of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
• 28 U.S.C. § 1338 — Patents, plant variety protection, copyrights, mask works, designs, trademarks, and unfair competition
• 28 U.S.C. § 1454 — Patent, plant variety protection, and copyright cases
• 35 U.S.C. § 2 — Powers and duties
• 35 U.S.C. § 3 — Officers and employees
• 35 U.S.C. § 6 — Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences
• 35 U.S.C. § 12 — Copies of patents and applications for public libraries
• 35 U.S.C. § 32 — Suspension or exclusion from practice
• 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. § 102 — Conditions for patentability; novelty and loss of right to patent
• 35 U.S.C. § 103 — Conditions for patentability; non-obvious subject matter
• 35 U.S.C. § 104 — Invention made abroad
• 35 U.S.C. § 111 — Application
• 35 U.S.C. § 112 — Specification
• 35 U.S.C. § 115 — Oath of applicant
• 35 U.S.C. § 116 — Inventors
• 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. § 132 — Notice of rejection; reexamination
• 35 U.S.C. § 134 — Appeal to the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences
• 35 U.S.C. § 135 — Interferences
• 35 U.S.C. § 141 — Appeal to Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
• 35 U.S.C. § 143 — Proceedings on appeal
• 35 U.S.C. § 145 — Civil action to obtain patent
• 35 U.S.C. § 146 — Civil action in case of interference
• 35 U.S.C. § 154 — Contents and term of patent; provisional rights
• 35 U.S.C. § 156 — Extension of patent term
• 35 U.S.C. § 157 — Statutory invention registration
• 35 U.S.C. § 162 — Description, claim
• 35 U.S.C. § 172 — Right of priority
• 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. § 202 — Disposition of rights
• 35 U.S.C. § 207 — Domestic and foreign protection of federally owned inventions
• 35 U.S.C. § 209 — Licensing federally owned inventions
• 35 U.S.C. § 210 — Precedence of chapter
• 35 U.S.C. § 251 — Reissue of defective patents
• 35 U.S.C. § 253 — Disclaimer
• 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. § 267 — Time for taking action in Government applications
• 35 U.S.C. § 273 — Defense to infringement based on prior commercial use
• 35 U.S.C. § 282 — Presumption of validity; defenses
• 35 U.S.C. § 284 — Damages
• 35 U.S.C. § 287 — Limitation on damages and other remedies; marking and notice
• 35 U.S.C. § 288 — Action for infringement of a patent containing an invalid claim
• 35 U.S.C. § 291 — Interfering patents
• 35 U.S.C. § 292 — False marking
• 35 U.S.C. § 293 — Nonresident patentee; service and notice
• 35 U.S.C. § 294 — Voluntary arbitration
• 35 U.S.C. § 298 — Advice of counsel
• 35 U.S.C. § 299 — Joinder of parties
• 35 U.S.C. § 301 — Citation of prior art
• 35 U.S.C. § 302 — Request for reexamination
• 35 U.S.C. § 303 — Determination of issue by Director
• 35 U.S.C. § 304 — Reexamination order by Director
• 35 U.S.C. § 305 — Conduct of reexamination proceedings
• 35 U.S.C. § 306 — Appeal
• 35 U.S.C. § 307 — Certificate of patentability, unpatentability, and claim cancellation
• 35 U.S.C. § 311 — Request for inter partes reexamination
• 35 U.S.C. § 312 — Determination of issue by Director
• 35 U.S.C. § 313 — Inter partes reexamination order by Director
• 35 U.S.C. § 314 — Conduct of inter partes reexamination proceedings
• 35 U.S.C. § 315 — Appeal
• 35 U.S.C. § 316 — Certificate of patentability, unpatentability, and claim cancellation
• 35 U.S.C. § 317 — Inter partes reexamination prohibited
• 35 U.S.C. § 318 — Stay of litigation
• 35 U.S.C. § 319 — Appeal
• 35 U.S.C. § 321 — Post-grant review
• 35 U.S.C. § 322 — Petitions
• 35 U.S.C. § 323 — Preliminary response to petition
• 35 U.S.C. § 324 — Institution of post-grant review
• 35 U.S.C. § 325 — Relation to other proceedings or actions
• 35 U.S.C. § 326 — Conduct of post-grant review
• 35 U.S.C. § 327 — Settlement
• 35 U.S.C. § 328 — Decision of the Board
• 35 U.S.C. § 329 — Appeal
• 35 U.S.C. § 363 — International application designating the United States: Effect
• 35 U.S.C. § 365 — Right of priority; benefit of the filing date of a prior application
• 35 U.S.C. § 368 — Secrecy of certain inventions; filing international applications in foreign countries
• 35 U.S.C. § 371 — National stage: Commencement
• 35 U.S.C. § 372 — National stage: Requirements and procedure
• 35 U.S.C. § 373 — Improper applicant
• 35 U.S.C. § 374 — Publication of international application
• 35 U.S.C. § 375 — Patent issued on international application: Effect
• 42 U.S.C. § 2182 — Inventions conceived during Commission contracts; ownership; waiver; hearings
• 51 U.S.C. § 20135 — Property rights in inventions