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legal/us/code/title-35/chapter-14/section-157.md

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+title: "35 U.S.C. § 157"
+description: "Repealed. Pub. L. 112–29, § 3(e)(1), Sept. 16, 2011, 125 Stat. 287]"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 35
+title_name: "PATENTS"
+chapter_number: "14"
+chapter_name: "ISSUE OF PATENT"
+section: "157"
+citation: "35 U.S.C. § 157"
+status: "current"
+release_point: "119-100"
+release_date: "2026-06-26"
+source: "official"
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+---
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+# 35 U.S.C. § 157 - Repealed. Pub. L. 112–29, § 3(e)(1), Sept. 16, 2011, 125 Stat. 287]
+
+## Notes
+
+Section, added Pub. L. 98–622, title I, § 102(a), Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3383; amended Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, § 1000(a)(9) [title IV, § 4732(a)(10)(A), (11)], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A–582, 1501A–583; Pub. L. 107–273, div. C, title III, § 13206(b)(1)(B), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1906; Pub. L. 112–29, § 20(j), Sept. 16, 2011, 125 Stat. 335, related to statutory invention registration.
+
+Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
+
+Effective Date of RepealRepeal effective upon the expiration of the 18-month period beginning on Sept. 16, 2011, and applicable to any request for a statutory invention registration filed on or after that effective date, see section 3(e)(3) of Pub. L. 112–29, set out as an Effective Date of 2011 Amendment note under section 111 of this title.