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[CITE: 35USC285]

 
                            TITLE 35--PATENTS
 
            PART III--PATENTS AND PROTECTION OF PATENT RIGHTS
 
   CHAPTER 29--REMEDIES FOR INFRINGEMENT OF PATENT, AND OTHER ACTIONS
 
Sec. 285. Attorney fees

    The court in exceptional cases may award reasonable attorney fees to 
the prevailing party.

(July 19, 1952, ch. 950, 66 Stat. 813.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

    Based on Title 35, U.S.C., 1946 ed., Sec. 70, part (R.S. 4921, 
amended (1) Mar. 3, 1897, ch. 391, Sec. 6, 29 Stat. 694, (2) Feb. 18, 
1922, ch. 58, Sec. 8, 42 Stat. 392, (3) Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 726, Sec. 1, 
60 Stat. 778).
    This section is substantially the same as the corresponding 
provision in R.S. 4921; ``in exceptional cases'' has been added as 
expressing the intention of the present statute as shown by its 
legislative history and as interpreted by the courts.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 154, 157, 271, 273, 287, 296 
of this title.
