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CHAPTER 10⁠—PATENTABILITY OF INVENTIONS — Front Matter

Chap.Sec.
100.Definitions.
101.Inventions patentable.
102.Conditions for patentability; novelty.
103.Conditions for patentability; non-obvious subject matter.
[ 104.Repealed.]
105.Inventions in outer space.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2011⁠—Pub. L. 112–29, § 3(b)(3), (d), Sept. 16, 2011, 125 Stat. 287, substituted in item 102 “Conditions for patentability; novelty” for “Conditions for patentability; novelty and loss of right to patent” and struck out item 104 “Invention made abroad”.

1990⁠—Pub. L. 101–580, § 1(b), Nov. 15, 1990, 104 Stat. 2863, added item 105.