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35 U.S.C. 288 Action for infringement of a patent containing an invalid claim. - Patent Laws
35 U.S.C. 288 Action for infringement of a patent containing an invalid claim.
Whenever, without deceptive intention, a claim of a patent is invalid, an action may be maintained for the infringement of a claim of the patent which may be valid. The patentee shall recover no costs unless a disclaimer of the invalid claim has been entered at the Patent and Trademark Office before the commencement of the suit.
(Amended Jan. 2, 1975, Public Law 93-596, sec. 1, 88 Stat. 1949.)
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