---
kind: "unit"
title: "35"
title_heading: "Patents"
key: "ptIII/ch26"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 26"
heading: "Ownership and Assignment"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/35/ptIII-ch26"
sections_count: 2
---

# Chapter 26 — Ownership and Assignment

Title 35 — Patents › Part III — Patents and Protection of Patent Rights

## Sections

- [§261. Ownership; assignment](/usc/35/261.md)
- [§262. Joint owners](/usc/35/262.md)