Section, added [Pub. L. 98–622, title I, § 102(a)], Nov. 8, 1984, [98 Stat. 3383]; amended [Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, § 1000(a)(9)] [title IV, § 4732(a)(10)(A), (11)], Nov. 29, 1999, [113 Stat. 1536], 1501A–582, 1501A–583; [Pub. L. 107–273, div. C, title III, § 13206(b)(1)(B)], Nov. 2, 2002, [116 Stat. 1906]; [Pub. L. 112–29, § 20(j)], Sept. 16, 2011, [125 Stat. 335], related to statutory invention registration.
Effective Date of Repeal
Repeal effective upon the expiration of the 18-month period beginning on Sept. 16, 2011, and applicable to any request for a statutory invention registration filed on or after that effective date, see [section 3(e)(3) of Pub. L. 112–29], set out as an Effective Date of 2011 Amendment note under [section 111 of this title].
