35 U.S.C. § 255
Certificate of correction of applicant’s mistake
United States · Title 35 — PATENTS · Status: effective
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- 35 U.S.C. § 255, Certificate of correction of applicant’s mistake, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/470884
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Whenever a mistake of a clerical or typographical nature, or of minor character, which was not the fault of the Patent and Trademark Office, appears in a patent and a showing has been made that such mistake occurred in good faith, the Director may, upon payment of the required fee, issue a certificate of correction, if the correction does not involve such changes in the patent as would constitute new matter or would require re-examination. Such patent, together with the certificate, shall have the same effect and operation in law on the trial of actions for causes thereafter arising as if the same had been originally issued in such corrected form.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.
- A bill to amend the Trademark Act of 1946 and title 35 of the United States Code to change the name of the Patent Office to the "Patent and Trademark Office".House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2000
- 21st Century Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization ActHouse: 400–4Senate: no recorded tally