US Code

Public Law 119-83 (04/13/2026)

42 U.S.C. § 2190

Saving clause for prior patent applications

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1 See References in Text note below.
Provided, howeverAny patent application on which a patent was denied by the United States Patent and Trademark Office under sections 1811(a)(1), 1811(a)(2), or 1811(b)  of this title, and which is not prohibited by section 2181 or 2185 of this title may be reinstated upon application to the Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks within one year after and shall then be deemed to have been continuously pending since its original filing date: , That no patent issued upon any patent application so reinstated shall in any way furnish a basis of claim against the Government of the United States.

Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724 Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1073, § 1 68 Stat. 948 Pub. L. 93–596, § 388 Stat. 1949 Pub. L. 102–486, title IX, § 902(a)(8)106 Stat. 2944 (, title I, § 160, as added , ; amended , , ; renumbered title I, , , .)

Editorial Notes

References in Text

act Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1073 68 Stat. 919 Sections 1811(a)(1), 1811(a)(2), and 1811(b) of this title, referred to in text, were omitted from the Code in the general amendment and renumbering of act (which was classified to section 1801 et seq. of this title) by , .

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

Pub. L. 93–596, § 388 Stat. 1949 section 1 of Title 35Patent Office and Commissioner of Patents changed to Patent and Trademark Office and Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks, respectively, pursuant to , , , set out as a note under , Patents.