35 U.S.C. § 172 Right of Priority

• Library: United States Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through P.L. 118-34 (published on www.congress.gov on 12/26/2023), except for [P. L. 118-31]
• Year: 2023
• Citation: 35 U.S.C. § 172

The right of priority provided for by subsections (a) through (d) of section 119 shall be six months in the case of designs. The right of priority provided for by section 119(e) shall not apply to designs.

Cite as 35 U.S.C. § 172

Source: July 19, 1952, ch. 950, 66 Stat. 805; Pub. L. 103-465, title V, §532(c)(2), Dec. 8, 1994, 108 Stat. 4987; Pub. L. 112-29, §§3(g)(1), Sept. 16, 2011, 20, Sept. 16, 2011, 125 Stat. 288, 335.

Notes from the Office of Law Revision Counsel

current through 5/22/2023

HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES

Based on Title 35, U.S.C., 1946 ed., §32, part (R.S. 4887, amended (1) Mar. 3, 1903, ch. 1019, §1, 32 Stat. 1225, 1226, (2) June 19, 1936, ch. 594, 49 Stat. 1529, (3) Aug. 5, 1939, ch. 450, §1, 53 Stat. 1212).

This provision is taken from R.S. 4887 (see section 119) and made a separate section.

EDITORIAL NOTES

AMENDMENTS

2011- Pub. L. 112-29, §20(j), struck out "of this title" after "119" and after "119(e)".

Pub. L. 112-29, §3(g)(1), struck out "and the time specified in section 102(d)" before "shall be six months".

1994- Pub. L. 103-465 substituted "subsections (a) through (d) of section 119" for "section 119" and inserted at end "The right of priority provided for by section 119(e) of this title shall not apply to designs."