35 U.S.C. § 172 — Right of priority

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For design patents, the right of priority under section 119(a) through (d) lasts six months, shorter than for regular patents. The extra priority right in section 119(e) does not apply to designs at all.

Normally, section 119(a) through (d) gives inventors a "right of priority," a window to claim an earlier foreign filing date. For designs, that window is six months. Section 119(e) gives a different kind of priority right based on an earlier U.S. provisional application. That right does not apply to designs at all.

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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.

Source credit: (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), 20(j), Sept. 16, 2011, 125 Stat. 288, 335.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1952Enacted · Act of July 19, 1952, ch. 950 · 66 Stat. 805
1994Amended · Pub. L. 103-465 · 108 Stat. 4987
2011Amended · Pub. L. 112-29 · 125 Stat. 288, 335

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