---
kind: "section"
citation: "28 U.S.C. § 1694"
title: "28"
title_heading: "Judiciary and Judicial Procedure"
number: "1694"
heading: "Patent infringement action"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/28/1694"
units:
  - "Part V — Procedure"
  - "Chapter 113 — Process"
---

# §1694. Patent infringement action


In a patent infringement action commenced in a district where the defendant is not a resident but has a regular and established place of business, service of process, summons or subpoena upon such defendant may be made upon his agent or agents conducting such business.


## Source credit

(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 945.)

## Notes

### Historical and Revision Notes

Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 109 (Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 231, § 48, 36 Stat. 1100).

Venue provisions of section 109 of title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., appear in section 1400 of this title.

Changes were made in phraseology.