§ 10. Publications

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(a)1. Patents and published applications for patents, including specifications and drawings, together with copies of the same. The Patent and Trademark Office may print the headings of the drawings for patents for the purpose of photolithography.

2. Certificates of trade-mark registrations, including statements and drawings, together with copies of the same.

3. The Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

4. Annual indexes of patents and patentees, and of trade-marks and registrants.

5. Annual volumes of decisions in patent and trade-mark cases.

6. Pamphlet copies of the patent laws and rules of practice, laws and rules relating to trade-marks, and circulars or other publications relating to the business of the Office.

(b)The Director may exchange any of the publications specified in items 3, 4, 5, and 6 of subsection

(a)of this section for publications desirable for the use of the Patent and Trademark Office.

(July 19, 1952, ch. 950, 66 Stat. 794, § 11; Pub. L. 93–596, § 1, Jan. 2, 1975, 88 Stat. 1949; renumbered § 10 and amended Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, § 1000(a)(9) [title IV, §§ 4507(1), 4717(1), 4732(a)(10)(A), 4804(b)], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A–565, 1501A–580, 1501A–582, 1501A–589; Pub. L. 107–273, div. C, title III, §§ 13205(2)(A), 13206(b)(1)(B), (3)(A), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1903, 1906.)

Historical and Revision Notes

Based on Title 35, U.S.C., 1946 ed., §§ 13 and 16 (R.S. 489; July 9, 1947, ch. 211, § 301 (part), 61 Stat. 299, repeated in prior and subsequent appropriation acts).

Section is amplified to list the publications of the Patent Office, based on 44 U.S.C., 1946 ed., §§ 283, 283a.

The second sentence of item 1 of the revised section is a provision appearing annually in appropriation acts to enable the Patent Office to maintain a small printing press to place headings on drawings before the drawings are reproduced.

Language is changed.

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July 19, 1952, ch. 950
66 Stat. 794
Pub. L. 93–596, § 1
88 Stat. 1949
Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, § 1000(a)(9) [title IV, §§ 4507(1), 4717(1), 4732(a)(10)(A), 4804(b)]
113 Stat. 1536
Pub. L. 107–273, div. C, title III
116 Stat. 1903
July 9, 1947, ch. 211, § 301
61 Stat. 299
Pub. L. 107–273, § 13206(b)(3)(A)
Pub. L. 106–113, § 1000(a)(9) [title IV, § 4804(b)]
Pub. L. 107–273, § 13205(2)(A)
Pub. L. 106–113, § 1000(a)(9) [title IV, § 4507(1)]
Pub. L. 107–273, § 13206(b)(1)(B)
Pub. L. 106–113, § 1000(a)(9) [title IV, § 4732(a)(10)(A)]
Pub. L. 106–113, § 1000(a)(9) [title IV, § 4717(1)]
Pub. L. 93–596
Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, § 1000(a)(9) [title IV, § 4508]
Pub. L. 107–273, div. C, title III, § 13205(3)
Pub. L. 106–113
section 4 of Pub. L. 93–596