---
kind: "section"
citation: "35 U.S.C. § 373"
title: "35"
title_heading: "Patents"
number: "373"
heading: "Repealed. Pub. L. 112–274, § 1(i), Jan. 14, 2013, 126 Stat. 2457"
status: "repealed"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/35/373"
units:
  - "Part IV — Patent Cooperation Treaty"
  - "Chapter 37 — National Stage"
---

# [§373. Repealed. Pub. L. 112–274, § 1(i), Jan. 14, 2013, 126 Stat. 2457 — repealed]



## Notes

Section, added Pub. L. 94–131, § 1, Nov. 14, 1975, 89 Stat. 689; amended Pub. L. 98–622, title IV, § 403(a), Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3392; Pub. L. 103–465, title V, § 532(c)(5), Dec. 8, 1994, 108 Stat. 4987; Pub. L. 112–29, § 20(j), Sept. 16, 2011, 125 Stat. 335, related to improper applicant.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of Repeal

Repeal effective Jan. 14, 2013, and applicable to proceedings commenced on or after such date, see section 1(n) of Pub. L. 112–274, set out as an Effective Date of 2013 Amendment note under section 5 of this title.