Certificate of correction of applicant’s mistake

United States Code

Section: 255

Jurisdiction: US

Bluebook Citation: 35 U.S.C. § 255


Citation analytics

How this statute sits in the citation network, derived from CiteLaw's graph of published opinions.

Highly CitedTop 4% most-cited · cited by 61 decisions
61
Citing decisions
6+
Courts citing

Citations by decade

1
1
1
5
7
18
17
11
1950s1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s2020s

Courts citing this statute

Fed. Cir.18
D. Del.12
N.D. Ill.4
D.N.J.3
D. Mass.2
E.D. Pa.2
Most recently cited by10
  • 2025Canatex Completion Solutions, Inc. v. Wellmatics, LLC Fed. Cir.
  • 2025In Re KOSTIC Fed. Cir.
  • 2025Simpson Strong-Tie Company Inc. v. Columbia Insurance Company Fed. Cir.
  • 202410X Genomics, Inc. v. Vizgen, Inc. D. Del.
  • 202410X Genomics, Inc. v. Bruker Spatial Biology, Inc. D. Del.
  • 2024Bruker Spatial Biology, Inc. v. 10X Genomics, Inc. D. Del.
  • 2023Cozy, Inc. v. Dorel Juvenile Group, Inc. D. Mass.
  • 2022Diamond Services Management Company LLC v. C&C Jewelry Manufacturing, Inc. N.D. Ill.
  • 2021Express Mobile, Inc. v. GoDaddy.com, LLC D. Del.
  • 2021Theta IP, LLC v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. W.D. Tex.

Counts reflect decisions in the CiteLaw corpus and may lag very recent opinions.


Text

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. (Source: (July 19, 1952, ch. 950, 66 Stat. 809; Pub. L. 93–596, § 1, Jan. 2, 1975, 88 Stat. 1949; Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, § 1000(a)(9) [title IV, § 4732(a)(10)(A)], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A–582; Pub. L. 107–273, div. C, title III, § 13206(b)(1)(B), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1906.))

Chat with this statute using AI

Ask CiteLaw's AI Navigator anything about this statute, verify citations, and research related authorities. Sign up for CiteLaw free today to get started.