Section, added Pub. L. 98–622, title I, § 102(a) , Nov. 8, 1984 , 98 Stat. 3383 ; amended Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, § 1000(a)(9) [title IV, § 4732(a)(10)(A), (11)] , Nov. 29, 1999 , 113 Stat. 1536 , 1501A–582, 1501A–583; Pub. L. 107–273, div. C, title III, § 13206(b)(1)(B) , Nov. 2, 2002 , 116 Stat. 1906 ; Pub. L. 112–29, § 20(j) , Sept. 16, 2011 , 125 Stat. 335 , related to statutory invention registration. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries Effective Date of Repeal Repeal effective upon the expiration of the 18-month period beginning on Sept. 16, 2011 , and applicable to any request for a statutory invention registration filed on or after that effective date, see section 3(e)(3) of Pub. L. 112–29 , set out as an Effective Date of 2011 Amendment note under section 111 of this title .