---
kind: "unit"
title: "35"
title_heading: "Patents"
key: "ptII/ch12"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 12"
heading: "Examination of Application"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/35/ptII-ch12"
sections_count: 5
---

# Chapter 12 — Examination of Application

Title 35 — Patents › Part II — Patentability of Inventions and Grant of Patents

## Sections

- [§131. Examination of application](/usc/35/131.md)
- [§132. Notice of rejection; reexamination](/usc/35/132.md)
- [§133. Time for prosecuting application](/usc/35/133.md)
- [§134. Appeal to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board](/usc/35/134.md)
- [§135. Derivation proceedings](/usc/35/135.md)