2017 US Code
Title 35 - Patents
Part III - Patents and Protection of Patent Rights
Chapter 29 - Remedies for Infringement of Patent, and Other Actions
Sec. 288 - Action for infringement of a patent containing an invalid claim
| 35 U.S.C. § 288 (2017) |
| §288. Action for infringement of a patent containing an invalid claim |
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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. |
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(July 19, 1952, ch. 950, 66 Stat. 813; Pub. L. 93–596, §1, Jan. 2, 1975, 88 Stat. 1949; Pub. L. 112–29, §20(h), Sept. 16, 2011, 125 Stat. 334.) |
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HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Based on Title 35, U.S.C., 1946 ed., §71 (R.S. 4922). The necessity for a disclaimer to recover on valid claims is eliminated. See section 253. Language is changed. AMENDMENTS2011—Pub. L. 112–29 struck out ", without deceptive intention," after "Whenever". 1975—Pub. L. 93–596 substituted "Patent and Trademark Office" for "Patent Office". EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2011 AMENDMENTAmendment by Pub. L. 112–29 effective upon the expiration of the 1-year period beginning on Sept. 16, 2011, and applicable to proceedings commenced on or after that effective date, see section 20(l) of Pub. L. 112–29, set out as a note under section 2 of this title. EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1975 AMENDMENTAmendment by Pub. L. 93–596 effective Jan. 2, 1975, see section 4 of Pub. L. 93–596, set out as a note under section 1111 of Title 15, Commerce and Trade. |
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| Title 35 - PATENTS PART III - PATENTS AND PROTECTION OF PATENT RIGHTS CHAPTER 29 - REMEDIES FOR INFRINGEMENT OF PATENT, AND OTHER ACTIONS Sec. 288 - Action for infringement of a patent containing an invalid claim |
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| January 12, 2018 |
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| 66 Stat. 813 88 Stat. 1949 125 Stat. 334 |
| Public Law 93-596, Public Law 112-29 |
