§ 262. Joint owners

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1952

   July 19, 1952, ch. 950, 66 Stat. 810 · 66 Stat. 810

   Enacted · 35 U.S.C. § 262

   July 19, 1952, ch. 950, 66 Stat. 810

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   July 19, 1952, ch. 950, 66 Stat. 810

2. 1994

   Pub. L. 103–465 title V § 533(b)(3) · 108 Stat. 4809

   1. Substituted · 35 U.S.C. § 262

      Pub. L. 103–465 substituted “use, offer to sell, or sell” for “use or sell”

   2. Inserted · 35 U.S.C. § 262

      Pub. L. 103–465 inserted “within the United States, or import the patented invention into the United States,” after “invention”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 103–465 substituted “use, offer to sell, or sell” for “use or sell” and inserted “within the United States, or import the patented invention into the United States,” after “invention”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (3) Section 262 of title 35, United States Code, is amended— (A) by striking “use or sell” and inserting “use, offer to sell, or sell”; and (B) by inserting “within the United States, or import the patented invention into the United States,” after “invention”.

   Effective date note
   Amendment by Pub. L. 103–465 effective on date that is one year after date on which the WTO Agreement enters into force with respect to the United States [Jan. 1, 1995], with provisions relating to earliest filed patent application, see section 534(a), (b)(3) of Pub. L. 103–465, set out as a note under section 154 of this title.

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