---
kind: "section"
citation: "35 U.S.C. § 155A"
title: "35"
title_heading: "Patents"
number: "155A"
heading: "Repealed. Pub. L. 112–29, § 20(k), Sept. 16, 2011, 125 Stat. 335"
status: "repealed"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/35/155A"
units:
  - "Part II — Patentability of Inventions and Grant of Patents"
  - "Chapter 14 — Issue of Patent"
---

# [§155A. Repealed. Pub. L. 112–29, § 20(k), Sept. 16, 2011, 125 Stat. 335 — repealed]



## Notes

Section 155, added Pub. L. 97–414, § 11(a), Jan. 4, 1983, 96 Stat. 2065; amended Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, § 1000(a)(9) [title IV, § 4732(a)(6), (10)(A)], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A–582; Pub. L. 107–273, div. C, title III, § 13206(b)(1)(B), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1906, related to patent term extension.

Section 155A, added Pub. L. 98–127, § 4(a), Oct. 13, 1983, 97 Stat. 832; amended Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, § 1000(a)(9) [title IV, § 4732(a)(7), (10)(A)], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A–582; Pub. L. 107–273, div. C, title III, § 13206(b)(1)(B), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1906, related to patent term restoration.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of Repeal

Repeal effective upon the expiration of the 1-year period beginning on Sept. 16, 2011, and applicable to proceedings commenced on or after that effective date, see section 20(l) of Pub. L. 112–29, set out as an Effective Date of 2011 Amendment note under section 2 of this title.