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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: Patent Trial and Appeal Board.

6 (pre-AIA): 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.

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.

27: Revival of applications; reinstatement of reexamination proceedings.

31: [Repealed]

32: Suspension or exclusion from practice.

33: Unauthorized representation as practitioner.

41: Patent fees; patent and trademark search systems.

42: Patent and Trademark Office funding.

100 (note): AIA First inventor to file provisions.

100: Definitions

100 (pre-AIA): Definitions.

101: Inventions patentable.

102: Conditions for patentability; novelty.

102 (pre-AIA): Conditions for patentability; novelty and loss of right to patent.

103: Conditions for patentability; non-obvious subject matter.

103 (pre-AIA): Conditions for patentability; non-obvious subject matter.

104: [Repealed]

104 (pre-AIA): Invention made abroad.

105: Inventions in outer space.

111: Application.

111 (pre-PLT (AIA)): Application.

111 (pre-AIA): Application.

112: Specification.

112 (pre-AIA): Specification.

113: Drawings.

114: Models, specimens.

115: Inventor's oath or declaration.

115 (pre-AIA): Oath of applicant.

116: Inventors.

116 (pre-AIA): Inventors.

117: Death or incapacity of inventor.

118: Filing by other than inventor.

118 (pre-AIA): Filing by other than inventor.

119: Benefit of earlier filing date; right of priority.

119 (pre-AIA): Benefit of earlier filing date; right of priority.

120: Benefit of earlier filing date in the United States.

120 (pre-AIA): Benefit of earlier filing date in the United States.

121: Divisional applications.

121 (pre-AIA): Divisional applications.

122: Confidential status of applications; publication of patent applications.

123: Micro entity defined.

131: Examination of application.

132: Notice of rejection; reexamination.

133: Time for prosecuting application.

134: Appeal to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.

134 (transitional): Appeal to the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences.

134 (pre-AIA): Appeal to the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences.

135: Derivation proceedings.

135 (pre-AIA): Interferences.

141: Appeal to Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

141 (pre-AIA): Appeal to Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

142: Notice of appeal.

143: Proceedings on appeal.

143 (pre-AIA): Proceedings on appeal.

144: Decision on appeal.

145: Civil action to obtain patent.

145 (pre-AIA): Civil action to obtain patent.

146: Civil action in case of derivation proceeding.

146 (pre-AIA): Civil action in case of interference.

151: Issue of patent.

152: Issue of patent to assignee.

153: How issued.

154: Contents and term of patent; provisional rights.

154 (pre-AIA): Contents and term of patent; provisional rights.

155: [Repealed.]

155A: [Repealed.]

156: Extension of patent term.

157: [Repealed.]

157 (pre-AIA): Statutory invention registration.

161: Patents for plants.

162: Description, claim.

163: Grant.

164: Assistance of the Department of Agriculture.

171: Patents for designs.

172: Right of priority.

172 (pre-AIA): Right of priority.

173: Term of design patent.

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.

184 (pre-AIA): Filing of application in foreign country.

185: Patent barred for filing without license.

185 (pre-AIA): Patent barred for filing without license.

186: Penalty.

187: Nonapplicability to certain persons.

188: Rules and regulations, delegation of power.

200: Policy and objective.

201: Definitions.

202: Disposition of rights.

202 (pre-AIA): 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: Licensing federally owned inventions.

210: Precedence of chapter.

211: Relationship to antitrust laws.

212: Disposition of rights in educational awards.

251: Reissue of defective patents.

251 (pre-AIA): Reissue of defective patents.

252: Effect of reissue.

253: Disclaimer.

253 (pre-AIA): Disclaimer.

254: Certificate of correction of Patent and Trademark Office mistake.

255: Certificate of correction of applicant’s mistake.

256: Correction of named inventor.

256 (pre-AIA): Correction of named inventor.

257: Supplemental examinations to consider, reconsider, or correct information.

261: Ownership; assignment.

262: Joint owners.

266: [Repealed.]

267: Time for taking action in Government applications.

271: Infringement of patent.

272: Temporary presence in the United States.

273: Defense to infringement based on prior commercial use.

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.

288 (pre-AIA): Action for infringement of a patent containing an invalid claim.

289: Additional remedy for infringement of design patent.

290: Notice of patent suits.

291: Derived patents.

291 (pre-AIA): 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.

298: Advice of counsel.

299: Joinder of parties.

301: Citation of prior art and written statements.

302: Request for reexamination.

303: Determination of issue by Director.

304: Reexamination order by Director.

305: Conduct of reexamination proceedings.

305 (pre-AIA): Conduct of reexamination proceedings.

306: Appeal.

307: Certificate of patentability, unpatentability, and claim cancellation.

311 (note): Inter partes review applicability provisions.

311: Inter partes review.

312: Petitions.

313: Preliminary response to petition.

314: Institution of inter partes review.

315: Relation to other proceedings or actions.

316: Conduct of inter partes review.

317: Settlement.

318: Decision of the Board.

319: Appeal.

311 (pre-AIA): Request for inter partes reexamination.

312 (transitional): Determination of issue by Director.

313 (transitional): Inter partes reexamination order by Director.

314 (pre-AIA): Conduct of inter partes reexamination proceedings.

315 (pre-AIA): Appeal.

316 (pre-AIA): Certificate of patentability, unpatentability, and claim cancellation.

317 (pre-AIA): Inter partes reexamination prohibited.

318 (pre-AIA): Stay of litigation.

321 (note): Post-grant review applicability.

321: Post-grant review.

322: Petitions.

323: Preliminary response to petition.

324: Institution of post-grant review.

325: Relation to other proceedings or actions.

326: Conduct of post-grant review.

327: Settlement.

328: Decision of the Board.

329: Appeal.

351: Definitions.

361: Receiving Office.

362: International Searching Authority and International Preliminary Examining Authority.

363: International application designating the United States: Effect.

363 (pre-AIA): 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.

371: National stage: Commencement.

372: National stage: Requirements and procedure.

373: [Repealed]

374: Publication of international application: Effect.

374 (pre-AIA): Publication of international application: Effect.

375: Patent issued on international application: Effect.

375 (pre-AIA): Patent issued on international application: Effect.

376: Fees.

381: Definitions.

382: Filing international design applications.

383: International design application.

384: Filing date.

385: Effect of international design application.

386: Right of priority.

387: Relief from prescribed time limits.

388: Withdrawn or abandoned international design application.

389: Examination of international design application.

390: Publication of international design application.