3M Patent Marking
As permitted under United States Code 35 U.S.C § 287*, this site provides selected United States patent information (patents and patent applications) about selected 3M products. Not all 3M products are included, and not all 3M United States patent information about such products is necessarily provided here. This site is not intended to provide legal advice, does not waive any 3M legal rights or remedies, and should not be used for any purpose other than determining whether 3M has elected to mark selected products with selected United States patent information under 35 U.S.C. § 287(a). The patent information provided on this site applies to the United States only and does not apply to any country outside of the United States.
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*35 U.S.C § 287(a) Patentees, and persons making, offering for sale, or selling within the United States any patented article for or under them, or importing any patented article into the United States, may give notice to the public that the same is patented, either by fixing thereon the word “patent” or the abbreviation “pat.”, together with the number of the patent, or by fixing thereon the word “patent” or the abbreviation “pat.” together with an address of a posting on the Internet, accessible to the public without charge for accessing the address, that associates the patented article with the number of the patent, or when, from the character of the article, this can not be done, by fixing to it, or to the package wherein one or more of them is contained, a label containing a like notice. In the event of failure so to mark, no damages shall be recovered by the patentee in any action for infringement, except on proof that the infringer was notified of the infringement and continued to infringe thereafter, in which event damages may be recovered only for infringement occurring after such notice. Filing of an action for infringement shall constitute such notice.
