TABLE OF CONTENTS
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Patent Law
United States Code Title 35 – Patents

PART I UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
CHAPTER 1 ESTABLISHMENT, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES, FUNCTIONS
§ 1 Establishment./ § 2 Powers and Duties./ § 3 Officers and employees./ § 4 Restrictions on officers and employees as to interest in patents./ § 5 Patent and Trademark Office Public Advisory Committees./ § 6 Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences./ § 7 Library./ § 8 Classification of patents./ § 9 Certified copies of records./ § 10 Publications./ § 11 Exchange of copies of patents and applications with foreign countries./ § 12 Copies of patents and applications for public libraries./ § 13 Annual report to Congress.
CHAPTER 2 PROCEEDINGS IN THE PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
§ 21 Filing date and day for taking action./ § 22 Printing of papers filed./ § 23 Testimony in Patent and Trademark Office cases./ § 24 Subpoenas, witnesses./ § 25 Declaration in lieu of oath./ § 26 Effect of defective execution.
CHAPTER 3 PRACTICE BEFORE PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
§ 31 [Repealed]/ § 32 Suspension or exclusion from practice./ § 33 Unauthorized representation as practitioner.
CHAPTER 4 PATENT FEES; FUNDING; SEARCH SYSTEMS
§ 41 Patent fees; patent and trademark search systems./ § 42 Patent and Trademark Office funding.

PART II PATENTABILITY OF INVENTIONS AND GRANT OF PATENTS
CHAPTER 10 PATENTABILITY OF INVENTIONS
§ 100 Definitions./ § 101 Inventions patentable./ § 102 Conditions for patentability; novelty and loss of right to patent./ § 103 Conditions for patentability; non-obvious subject matter./ § 104 Invention made abroad./ § 105 Inventions in outer space.
CHAPTER 11 APPLICATION FOR PATENT
§ 111 Application./ § 112 Specification./ § 113 Drawings./ § 114 Models, specimens./ § 115 Oath of applicant./ § 116 Inventors./ § 117 Death or incapacity of inventor./ § 118 Filing by other than inventor./ § 119 Benefit of earlier filing date; right of priority./ § 120 Benefit of earlier filing date in the United States./ § 121 Divisional applications./ § 122 Confidential status of applications; publication of patent applications.
CHAPTER 12 EXAMINATION OF APPLICATION
§ 131 Examination of application./ § 132 Notice of rejection; reexamination./ § 133 Time for prosecuting application./ § 134 Appeal to the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences./ § 135 Interferences.
CHAPTER 13 REVIEW OF PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE DECISION
§ 141 Appeal to Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit./ § 142 Notice of appeal./ § 143 Proceedings on appeal./ § 144 Decision on appeal./ § 145 Civil action to obtain patent./ § 146 Civil action in case of interference.
CHAPTER 14 ISSUE OF PATENT
§ 151 Issue of patent./ § 152 Issue of patent to assignee./ § 153 How issued./ § 154 Contents and term of patent; provisional rights./ § 155 Patent term extension./ § 155A Patent term restoration./ § 156 Extension of patent term./ § 157 Statutory invention registration.
CHAPTER 15 PLANT PATENTS
§ 161 Patents for plants./ § 162 Description, claim./ § 163 Grant./ § 164 Assistance of the Department of Agriculture.
CHAPTER 16 DESIGNS
§ 171 Patents for designs./ § 172 Right of priority./ § 173 Term of design patent.
CHAPTER 17 SECRECY OF CERTAIN INVENTIONS AND FILING APPLICATIONS IN FOREIGN COUNTRY
§ 181 Secrecy of certain inventions and withholding of patent./ § 182 Abandonment of invention for unauthorized disclosure./ § 183 Right to compensation./ § 184 Filing of application in foreign country./ § 185 Patent barred for filing without license./ § 186 Penalty./ § 187 Nonapplicability to certain persons./ § 188 Rules and regulations, delegation of power.
CHAPTER 18 PATENT RIGHTS IN INVENTIONS MADE WITH FEDERAL ASSISTANCE
§ 200 Policy and objective./ § 201 Definitions./ § 202 Disposition of rights./ § 203 March-in rights./ § 204 Preference for United States industry./ § 205 Confidentiality./ § 206 Uniform clauses and regulations./ § 207 Domestic and foreign protection of federally owned inventions./ § 208 Regulations governing Federal licensing./ § 209 Restrictions on Licensing of federally owned inventions./ § 210 Precedence of chapter./ § 211 Relationship to antitrust laws./ § 212 Disposition of rights in educational awards.

PART III PATENTS AND PROTECTION OF PATENT RIGHTS
CHAPTER 25 AMENDMENT AND CORRECTION OF PATENTS
§ 251 Reissue of defective patents./ § 252 Effect of reissue./ § 253 Disclaimer./ § 254 Certificate of correction of Patent and Trademark Office mistake./ § 255 Certificate of correction of applicant’s mistake./ § 256 Correction of named inventor.
CHAPTER 26 OWNERSHIP AND ASSIGNMENT
§ 261 Ownership; assignment./ § 262 Joint owners.
CHAPTER 27 GOVERNMENT INTERESTS IN PATENTS
§ 266 [Repealed]/ § 267 Time for taking action in Government applications.
CHAPTER 28 INFRINGEMENT OF PATENTS
§ 271 Infringement of patent./ § 272 Temporary presence in the United States./ § 273 Defense to infringement based on earlier inventor.
CHAPTER 29 REMEDIES FOR INFRINGEMENT OF PATENT, AND OTHER ACTIONS
§ 281 Remedy for infringement of patent./ § 282 Presumption of validity; defenses./ § 283 Injunction./ § 284 Damages./ § 285 Attorney fees./ § 286 Time limitation on damages./ § 287 Limitation on damages and other remedies; marking and notice./ § 288 Action for infringement of a patent containing an invalid claim./ § 289 Additional remedy for infringement of design patent./ § 290 Notice of patent suits./ § 291 Interfering patents./ § 292 False marking./ § 293 Nonresident patentee; service and notice./ § 294 Voluntary arbitration./ § 295 Presumptions:Product made by patented process./ § 296 Liability of States, instrumentalities of States, and State officials for infringement of patents./ § 297 Improper and deceptive invention promotion.
CHAPTER 30 PRIOR ART CITATIONS TO OFFICE AND EX PARTE REEXAMINATION OF PATENTS
§ 301 Citation of prior art./ § 302 Request for reexamination./ § 303 Determination of issue by Director./ § 304 Reexamination order by Director./ § 305 Conduct of reexamination proceedings./ § 306 Appeal./ § 307 Certificate of patentability, unpatentability, and claim cancellation.
CHAPTER 31 OPTIONAL INTER PARTES REEXAMINATION PROCEDURES
§ 311 Request for inter partes reexamination./ § 312 Determination of issue by Director./ § 313 Inter partes reexamination order by Director./ § 314 Conduct of inter partes reexamination proceedings./ § 315 Appeal./ § 316 Certificate of patentability, unpatentability, and claim cancellation./ § 317 Inter partes reexamination prohibited./ § 318 Stay of litigation.

PART IV PATENT COOPERATION TREATY
CHAPTER 35 DEFINITIONS
§ 351 Definitions.
CHAPTER 36 INTERNATIONAL STAGE
§ 361 Receiving Office./ § 362 International Searching Authority and International Preliminary Examining Authority./ § 363 International application designating the United States: Effect./ § 364 International stage: Procedure./ § 365 Right of priority; benefit of the filing date of a prior application./ § 366 Withdrawn international application./ § 367 Actions of other authorities: Review./ § 368 Secrecy of certain inventions; filing international applications in foreign countries.
CHAPTER 37 NATIONAL STAGE
§ 371 National stage: Commencement./ § 372 National stage: Requirements and procedure./ § 373 Improper applicant./ § 374 Publication of international application./ § 375 Patent issued on international application: Effect./ § 376 Fees.