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35 U.S. Code § 173 - Term of design patent | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute
§ 173.
Term of design patent
(July 19, 1952, ch. 950, 66 Stat. 805; Pub. L. 97–247, § 16, Aug. 27, 1982, 96 Stat. 321; Pub. L. 103–465, title V, § 532(c)(3), Dec. 8, 1994, 108 Stat. 4987; Pub. L. 112–211, title I, § 102(7), Dec. 18, 2012, 126 Stat. 1532.)
Based on Title 35, U.S.C., 1946 ed., § 77 (R.S. 4931). Language is changed slightly.
2012—Pub. L. 112–211 substituted “15 years” for “fourteen years”.
1994—Pub. L. 103–465 inserted “from the date of grant” after “years”.
1982—Pub. L. 97–247 substituted “Patents for designs shall be granted for the term of fourteen years” for “Patents for designs may be granted for the term of three years and six months, or for seven years, or for fourteen years, as the applicant, in his application, elects”.