{"identifier":"/us/usc/t35/s288","title":35,"num":"\u00a7\u202f288.","heading":"Action for infringement of a patent containing an invalid claim","text":"\u00a7\u202f288.\nAction for infringement of a patent containing an invalid claim\nWhenever a claim of a patent is invalid, an action may be maintained for the infringement of a claim of the patent which may be valid. The patentee shall recover no costs unless a disclaimer of the invalid claim has been entered at the Patent and Trademark Office before the commencement of the suit.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t35/s288.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t35/s288","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f288."},{"t":"heading","text":"Action for infringement of a patent containing an invalid claim"},{"t":"content","text":"\n","children":[{"t":"p","text":"Whenever a claim of a patent is invalid, an action may be maintained for the infringement of a claim of the patent which may be valid. The patentee shall recover no costs unless a disclaimer of the invalid claim has been entered at the Patent and Trademark Office before the commencement of the suit.","tail":"\n"}]},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}