---
kind: "section"
citation: "35 U.S.C. § 14"
title: "35"
title_heading: "Patents"
number: "14"
heading: "Renumbered § 13"
status: "renumbered"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/35/14"
units:
  - "Part I — United States Patent and Trademark Office"
  - "Chapter 1 — Establishment, Officers and Employees, Functions"
---

# [§14. Renumbered § 13 — renumbered]