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Ingested titles 12–51 and 54 from OLRC USLM XML @119-100 (the whole Code now, uniform edition; Title 53 is reserved/empty). LegalText 11,221 -> 59,740; repo total 105,704 records. Deterministic (byte-identical rerun, verified on Title 42's 8,356 sections); make check green. make legal-us-code default now covers every title. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "LegalText"
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title: "35 U.S.C. § 323"
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description: "Preliminary response to petition"
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jurisdiction: "us"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 35
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title_name: "PATENTS"
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chapter_number: "32"
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chapter_name: "POST-GRANT REVIEW"
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section: "323"
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citation: "35 U.S.C. § 323"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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source: "official"
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# 35 U.S.C. § 323 - Preliminary response to petition
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## Text
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If a post-grant review petition is filed under section 321, the patent owner shall have the right to file a preliminary response to the petition, within a time period set by the Director, that sets forth reasons why no post-grant review should be instituted based upon the failure of the petition to meet any requirement of this chapter.
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(Added Pub. L. 112–29, § 6(d), Sept. 16, 2011, 125 Stat. 306.)
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## Notes
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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
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Effective DateSection effective upon the expiration of the 1-year period beginning Sept. 16, 2011, and applicable only to patents described in section 3(n)(1) of Pub. L. 112–29 (35 U.S.C. 100 note), with certain exceptions and limitations, see section 6(f)(2), (3) of Pub. L. 112–29, set out as a note under section 321 of this title.
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