Template:United States patent law

United States patent law
Legislation
American Inventors Protection Act Bayh–Dole Act Invention Secrecy Act Hatch-Waxman Act Leahy–Smith America Invents Act Title 35 of the United States Code
Types of patent claims
Article of manufacture Composition of matter Machine Method
Procedures
Inter partes review Markman hearing Reexamination
Other topics
United States Patent and Trademark Office Patent Trial and Appeal Board Exhaustion Infringement Misuse Racism Term of patent Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP) History Biological patents Software patents List of patent law cases
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