2013 US Code
Title 35 - Patents
Part I - UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE (§§ 1 - 42)
Chapter 2 - PROCEEDINGS IN THE PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE (§§ 21 - 27)
Section 27 - Revival of applications; reinstatement of reexamination proceedings
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 I - UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE CHAPTER 2 - PROCEEDINGS IN THE PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE Sec. 27 - Revival of applications; reinstatement of reexamination proceedings |
Contains | section 27 |
Date | 2013 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 16, 2014 |
Positive Law | Yes |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Added Pub. L. 112-211, title II, §201(b)(1), Dec. 18, 2012, 126 Stat. 1534. |
Statutes at Large References | 126 Stat. 1534, 1536 |
Public Law References | Public Law 112-211 |
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The Director may establish procedures, including the requirement for payment of the fee specified in section 41(a)(7), to revive an unintentionally abandoned application for patent, accept an unintentionally delayed payment of the fee for issuing each patent, or accept an unintentionally delayed response by the patent owner in a reexamination proceeding, upon petition by the applicant for patent or patent owner.
(Added Pub. L. 112–211, title II, §201(b)(1), Dec. 18, 2012, 126 Stat. 1534.)
EFFECTIVE DATEPub. L. 112–211, title II, §203, Dec. 18, 2012, 126 Stat. 1536, provided that:
"(a)
"(1) shall take effect on the date that is 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act [Dec. 18, 2012]; and
"(2) shall apply to—
"(A) any patent issued before, on, or after the effective date set forth in paragraph (1); and
"(B) any application for patent that is pending on or filed after the effective date set forth in paragraph (1).
"(b)
"(1)
"(2)
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