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35 U.S.C. § 272 — Temporary presence in the United States

submitted 74 years ago by ch. 950 to r/title-35-PATENTS · 82 words · no verdicts yet

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This law protects foreign vessels, aircraft, and vehicles temporarily in the U.S. from patent infringement claims. Using a patented invention on board doesn't count as infringement if the invention is only used for the vehicle's own needs. The protection only applies to countries that give the same privilege to U.S. vessels, aircraft, and vehicles.

If a vessel, aircraft, or vehicle from another country enters the United States temporarily or by accident, using a patented invention on board is not patent infringement. This protection applies only if that other country gives the same privilege to U.S. vessels, aircraft, and vehicles entering its own territory. The patented invention must be used exclusively for the needs of that vessel, aircraft, or vehicle. The protection does not apply if the invention is offered for sale or sold inside the United States, or is used to manufacture something meant to be sold in the United States or exported from it.
the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

The use of any invention in any vessel, aircraft or vehicle of any country which affords similar privileges to vessels, aircraft or vehicles of the United States, entering the United States temporarily or accidentally, shall not constitute infringement of any patent, if the invention is used exclusively for the needs of the vessel, aircraft or vehicle and is not offered for sale or sold in or used for the manufacture of anything to be sold in or exported from the United States.

Source credit: (July 19, 1952, ch. 950, 66 Stat. 812; Pub. L. 103–465, title V, § 533(b)(4), Dec. 8, 1994, 108 Stat. 4989.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 1952Enacted · Act of July 19, 1952, ch. 950 · 66 Stat. 812
  • 1994Amended · Pub. L. 103-465 · 108 Stat. 4989

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 950 on 1952-07-19.

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