---
kind: "unit"
title: "35"
title_heading: "Patents"
key: "ptII/ch16"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 16"
heading: "Designs"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/35/ptII-ch16"
sections_count: 3
---

# Chapter 16 — Designs

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

## Sections

- [§171. Patents for designs](/usc/35/171.md)
- [§172. Right of priority](/usc/35/172.md)
- [§173. Term of design patent](/usc/35/173.md)