35 U.S.C. 172 (pre-AIA) — Right of priority
Ninth Edition, Revision 01.2024
[Editor Note: Not applicable to any patent application subject to the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA (see 35 U.S.C. 100 (note) ). See 35 U.S.C. 172 for the law otherwise applicable.]
The right of priority provided for by subsections (a) through (d) of section 119 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) shall not apply to designs.
(Amended Dec. 8, 1994, Public Law 103-465, sec. 532(c)(2), 108 Stat. 4987; amended Sept. 16, 2011, Public Law 112-29, sec. 20(j), 125 Stat. 284, effective Sept. 16, 2012.)
Cited authority
Cited by
- 1502.01 Distinction Between Design and Utility Patents
- 1504.02 Novelty
- 1504.10 Priority Under 35 U.S.C. 119(a)-(d), 386(a) and (b)
- 1504.20 Benefit Under 35 U.S.C. 120
- 213 Right of Priority of Foreign Application
- 2920.05(d) Foreign Priority
- 35 U.S.C. 172 Right of priority
- 37 CFR 1.55 Claim for foreign priority