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42 USC § 2190 - Saving clause for prior patent applications 

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s2190"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 2190 - Saving clause for prior patent applications"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "2190"
section_name: "Saving clause for prior patent applications"
chapter_number: 23
chapter_name: "DEVELOPMENT AND CONTROL OF ATOMIC ENERGY"
subchapter_number: "XII"
subchapter_name: "PATENTS AND INVENTIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, title I, § 160, as added Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1073, § 1, 68 Stat. 948; amended Pub. L. 93–596, § 3, Jan. 2, 1975, 88 Stat. 1949; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 102–486, title IX, § 902(a)(8), Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2944.)"
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# 1 Saving clause for prior patent applications

See References in Text note below.

[^1]August 30, 1954*Provided, however*

Any patent application on which a patent was denied by the United States Patent and Trademark Office under sections 1811(a)(1), 1811(a)(2), or 1811(b)  of this title, and which is not prohibited by section 2181 or 2185 of this title may be reinstated upon application to the Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks within one year after  and shall then be deemed to have been continuously pending since its original filing date: , That no patent issued upon any patent application so reinstated shall in any way furnish a basis of claim against the Government of the United States.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, title I, § 160, as added Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1073, § 1, 68 Stat. 948; amended Pub. L. 93–596, § 3, Jan. 2, 1975, 88 Stat. 1949; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 102–486, title IX, § 902(a)(8), Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2944.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Sections 1811(a)(1), 1811(a)(2), and 1811(b) of this title, referred to in text, were omitted from the Code in the general amendment and renumbering of act  (which was classified to section 1801 et seq. of this title) by , .

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Change of Name

Patent Office and Commissioner of Patents changed to Patent and Trademark Office and Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks, respectively, pursuant to , , , set out as a note under , Patents.