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[CITE: 35USC131]

 
                            TITLE 35--PATENTS
 
        PART II--PATENTABILITY OF INVENTIONS AND GRANT OF PATENTS
 
                 CHAPTER 12--EXAMINATION OF APPLICATION
 
Sec. 131. Examination of application

    The Director shall cause an examination to be made of the 
application and the alleged new invention; and if on such examination it 
appears that the applicant is entitled to a patent under the law, the 
Director shall issue a patent therefor.

(July 19, 1952, ch. 950, 66 Stat. 801; Pub. L. 106-113, div. B, 
Sec. 1000(a)(9) [title IV, Sec. 4732(a)(10)(A)], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 
Stat. 1536, 1501A-582.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

    Based on Title 35, U.S.C., 1946 ed., Sec. 36 (R.S. 4893).
    The first part is revised in language and amplified. The phrase 
``and that the invention is sufficiently useful and important'' is 
omitted as unnecessary, the requirements for patentability being stated 
in sections 101, 102 and 103.


                               Amendments

    1999--Pub. L. 106-113 substituted ``Director'' for ``Commissioner'' 
in two places.


                    Effective Date of 1999 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 106-113 effective 4 months after Nov. 29, 1999, 
see section 1000(a)(9) [title IV, Sec. 4731] of Pub. L. 106-113, set out 
as a note under section 1 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 111 of this title.
