---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 2541.3"
title: "43"
number: "2541.3"
heading: "Patents."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/2541.3"
---

# §2541.3. Patents.

- (a) Any applicant who satisfied all requirements for a claim of class 1 or class 2 commencing not later than January 1, 1901, to the date of application and who so requests in the application will receive a patent conveying title to all other minerals except:
  - (1) Any minerals which, at the time of approval of the application, are embraced by an outstanding mineral lease or
  - (2) **Any minerals for which the lands have been placed in a mineral withdrawal.**
- (b) All mineral reservations will include the right to prospect for, mine, and remove the same in accordance with applicable law.
- (c) The maximum area for which patent may be issued for any claim under the act is 160 acres. Where an area held under a claim or color of title is in excess of 160 acres, the Secretary has authority under the act to determine what particular subdivisions not exceeding 160 acres, may be patented.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 35 FR 9592, June 13, 1970, unless otherwise noted.