Chapter 139. To amend section 476 and section 4934 of the Revised Statutes
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CHAP. 139.— An Act To amend section 476 and section 4934 of the Revised Statutes.February 14, 1927.[[H. R. 15537](/us/bill/69/hr/15537).][[Public, No. 621](/us/pl/69/621).] *Be it it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Patent Office. That section 476 of the Revised Statutes be amended to read as follows:" “Sec. 476. Officers and employees.[R. S., sec. 476, p. 80](/us/rs/s476/p80), amended.Vol. 39, p. 8, amended.Duties of assistant commissioners.There shall be in the Patent Office a Commissioner of Patents, one first assistant commissioner, one assistant commissioner, and six examiners in chief, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
The first assistant commissioner and the assistant commissioner shall perform such 1099duties pertaining to his office of commissioner as may be assigned to them, respectively, from time to time by the Commissioner of Patents. All other officers, clerks, and employees authorized by lawOffice personnel appointed by Secretary of Commerce. for the office shall be appointed by the Secretary of Commerce upon the nomination of the Commissioner of Patents, in accordance with existing law.
” " Sec. 2. That section 4934 of the Revised Statutes be amended[R. S., sec. 4934, p. 954](/us/rs/s4934/p954), amended. to read as follows:" “Sec. 4934. The following shall be the rates for patent fees.Rates for fees modified.Vol. 42, p. 393, amended.*Post*, p. 1337. “On filing each original application for a patent, except in design cases, $20, and $1 for each claim in excess of twenty. “On issuing each original patent, except in design cases, $20, and $1 for each claim in excess of twenty.
“In design cases: For three years and six months, $10; for seven years, $15; for fourteen years, $30. “On every application for the reissue of a patent, $30. “On filing each disclaimer, $10. “On an appeal for the first time from the primary examiners to the examiners in chief, $10. “On every appeal from the examiners in chief to the commissioner, $20. “For uncertified printed copies of specifications and drawings ofUncertified copies. patents, 10 cents per copy: *Provided*, That the Commissioner of*Provisos*.To public libraries.
Patents may supply public libraries of the United States with such copies as published, for $50 per annum: *Provided further*, That theExchange for foreign countries. Commissioner of Patents may exchange copies of United States patents for those of foreign countries. “For copies of records made by the Patent Office, excluding printed copies, 10 cents per hundred words. “For each certificate, 25 cents. “For recording every assignment, agreement, power of attorney,Recording assignments. or other paper of three hundred words or under, $1; of over three hundred and under one thousand words, $2; and for each additional thousand words or fraction thereof, $1; for each additional patent or application included or involved in one writing, where more than one is so included or involved, 25 cents additional.
“For copies of drawings, the reasonable cost of making them.” " Sec. 3. That the provisions of section 2 hereof shall take effectCopies of drawings.Fees effective in two months. two months after the approval of this Act. Approved, February 14, 1927.