35 U.S.C. — Patents
The 25 chapters of 35 U.S.C. as the MPEP’s Appendix L prints them, 173 provisions in all. Every provision has its full text at the same pinned revision as the manual; 92 are cited by a structured MPEP section so far.
Chapters
25 · 173 provisions1Establishment, Officers and Employees, Functions13 provisions · 4 cited2Proceedings in the Patent and Trademark Office7 provisions · 3 cited3Practice before Patent and Trademark Office3 provisions · 0 cited4Patent Fees; Funding; Search Systems2 provisions · 2 cited10Patentability of Inventions6 provisions · 6 cited11Application for Patent13 provisions · 12 cited12Examination of Application5 provisions · 5 cited13Review of Patent and Trademark Office Decision6 provisions · 5 cited14Issue of Patent7 provisions · 5 cited15Plant Patents4 provisions · 4 cited16Designs3 provisions · 3 cited17Secrecy of Certain Inventions and Filing Applications in Foreign Countries8 provisions · 1 cited18Patent Rights in Inventions Made with Federal Assistance13 provisions · 2 cited25Amendment and Correction of Patents7 provisions · 7 cited26Ownership and Assignment2 provisions · 1 cited27Government Interests in Patents2 provisions · 1 cited28Infringement of Patents3 provisions · 1 cited29Remedies for Infringement of Patent, and Other Actions19 provisions · 2 cited30Prior Art Citations to Office and Ex Parte Reexamination of Patents7 provisions · 6 cited31Inter Partes Review9 provisions · 5 cited32Post-grant Review9 provisions · 3 cited35Definitions1 provisions · 1 cited36International Stage8 provisions · 7 cited37National Stage6 provisions · 2 cited38International Design Applications10 provisions · 4 cited
Structure and headings from the MPEP’s Appendix L. Citation counts cover the structured (annotated) part of the manual only.