Notes on 35 U.S.C. § 272 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 35 U.S.C. § 272 : US Code - Notes

(July 19, 1952, ch. 950, 66 Stat. 812; Pub. L. 103-465, title V,
Sec. 533(b)(4), Dec. 8, 1994, 108 Stat. 4989.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
This section follows the requirement of the International
Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, to which the
United States is a party, and also codifies the holding of the
Supreme Court that use of a patented invention on board a foreign
ship does not infringe a patent.
AMENDMENTS
1994 - Pub. L. 103-465 substituted "not offered for sale or sold"
for "not sold".
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1994 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 103-465 effective on date that is one year
after date on which the WTO Agreement enters into force with
respect to the United States [Jan. 1, 1995], with provisions
relating to earliest filed patent application, see section 534(a),
(b)(3) of Pub. L. 103-465, set out as a note under section 154 of
this title.