§ 172. — Right of priority.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 35USC172]
TITLE 35--PATENTS
PART II--PATENTABILITY OF INVENTIONS AND GRANT OF PATENTS
CHAPTER 16--DESIGNS
Sec. 172. Right of priority
The right of priority provided for by subsections (a) through (d) of
section 119 of this title and the time specified in section 102(d) shall
be six months in the case of designs. The right of priority provided for
by section 119(e) of this title shall not apply to designs.
(July 19, 1952, ch. 950, 66 Stat. 805; Pub. L. 103-465, title V,
Sec. 532(c)(2), Dec. 8, 1994, 108 Stat. 4987.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on Title 35, U.S.C., 1946 ed., Sec. 32, part (R.S. 4887,
amended (1) Mar. 3, 1903, ch. 1019, Sec. 1, 32 Stat. 1225, 1226, (2)
June 19, 1936, ch. 594, 49 Stat. 1529, (3) Aug. 5, 1939, ch. 450,
Sec. 1, 53 Stat. 1212).
This provision is taken from R.S. 4887 (see section 119) and made a
separate section.
Amendments
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.''
Effective Date of 1994 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 103-465 effective 6 months after Dec. 8, 1994,
and applicable to all patent applications filed in the United States on
or after that effective date, with provisions relating to earliest filed
patent application, see section 534(b)(1), (3) of Pub. L. 103-465, set
out as a note under section 154 of this title.
