2013 US Code
Title 35 - Patents
Part II - PATENTABILITY OF INVENTIONS AND GRANT OF PATENTS (§§ 100 - 212)
Chapter 16 - DESIGNS (§§ 171 - 173)
Section 173 - Term of design patent
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 35 - PATENTS |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 35 - PATENTS PART II - PATENTABILITY OF INVENTIONS AND GRANT OF PATENTS CHAPTER 16 - DESIGNS Sec. 173 - Term of design patent |
| Contains | section 173 |
| Date | 2013 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 16, 2014 |
| Positive Law | Yes |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | July 19, 1952, ch. 950, 66 Stat. 805; Pub. L. 97-247, §16, Aug. 27, 1982, 96 Stat. 321; Pub. L. 103-465, title V, §532(c)(3), Dec. 8, 1994, 108 Stat. 4987; Pub. L. 112-211, title I, §102(7), Dec. 18, 2012, 126 Stat. 1532. |
| Statutes at Large References | 66 Stat. 805 96 Stat. 321 108 Stat. 4987 126 Stat. 1532 |
| Public Law References | Public Law 97-247, Public Law 103-465, Public Law 112-211 |
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Patents for designs shall be granted for the term of fourteen years from the date of grant.
(July 19, 1952, ch. 950, 66 Stat. 805; Pub. L. 97–247, §16, Aug. 27, 1982, 96 Stat. 321; Pub. L. 103–465, title V, §532(c)(3), Dec. 8, 1994, 108 Stat. 4987; Pub. L. 112–211, title I, §102(7), Dec. 18, 2012, 126 Stat. 1532.)
Amendment of SectionPub. L. 112–211, title I, §§102(7), 103, Dec. 18, 2012, 126 Stat. 1532, provided that, effective on the later of the date that is 1 year after Dec. 18, 2012, or the date that the Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs enters into force with respect to the United States, and applicable only to certain applications filed on and after that effective date and patents issuing thereon, this section is amended by substituting "15 years" for "fourteen years". See 2012 Amendment note below.
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTESBased on Title 35, U.S.C., 1946 ed., §77 (R.S. 4931). Language is changed slightly.
AMENDMENTS2012—Pub. L. 112–211 substituted "15 years" for "fourteen years".
1994—Pub. L. 103–465 inserted "from the date of grant" after "years".
1982—Pub. L. 97–247 substituted "Patents for designs shall be granted for the term of fourteen years" for "Patents for designs may be granted for the term of three years and six months, or for seven years, or for fourteen years, as the applicant, in his application, elects".
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2012 AMENDMENTAmendment by Pub. L. 112–211 effective on the later of the date that is 1 year after Dec. 18, 2012, or the date that the Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs enters into force with respect to the United States, and applicable only to certain applications filed on and after that effective date and patents issuing thereon, see section 103 of Pub. L. 112–211, set out as a note under section 100 of this title.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1994 AMENDMENTAmendment by Pub. L. 103–465 effective 6 months after Dec. 8, 1994, and applicable to all patent applications filed in the United States on or after that effective date, with provisions relating to earliest filed patent application, see section 534(b)(1), (3) of Pub. L. 103–465, set out as a note under section 154 of this title.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1982 AMENDMENTAmendment by Pub. L. 97–247 effective Oct. 1, 1982, see section 17(a) of Pub. L. 97–247, set out as a note under section 41 of this title.
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