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When used in this title unless the context otherwise indicates--

(a) The term "invention" means invention or discovery.

(b) The term "process" means process, art or method, and includes a new use of a known process, machine, manufacture, composition of matter, or material.

(c) The terms "United States" and "this country" mean the United States of America, its territories and possessions.

(d) The word "patentee" includes not only the patentee to whom the patent was issued but also the successors in title to the patentee.

(e) The term "third-party requester" means a person requesting ex parte reexamination under section 302 or inter partes reexamination under section 311 who is not the patent owner.

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Source

(July 19, 1952, ch. 950, 66 Stat. 797; Pub. L. 106â€“113, div. B, Â§1000(a)(9) [title IV, Â§4603], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1536, 1501Aâ€“567.)

Historical and Revision Notes

Paragraph (a) is added only to avoid repetition of the phrase â€œinvention or discoveryâ€ and its derivatives throughout the revised title. The present statutes use the phrase â€œinvention or discoveryâ€ and derivatives.

Paragraph (b) is noted under section 101.

Paragraphs (c) and (d) are added to avoid the use of long expressions in various parts of the revised title.

Amendments

1999â€”Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 106â€“113 added subsec. (e).

Effective Date of 1999 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 106â€“113 effective Nov. 29, 1999, and applicable to any patent issuing from an original application filed in the United States on or after that date, see section 1000(a)(9) [title IV, Â§4608(a)] of Pub. L. 106â€“113, set out as a note under section 41 of this title.

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