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Code · U.S. Code · Title 35 - PATENTS · CHAPTER 1— ESTABLISHMENT, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES, FUNCTIONS · § 13

§ 13. Annual report to Congress

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The Director shall report to the Congress, not later than 180 days after the end of each fiscal year, the moneys received and expended by the Office, the purposes for which the moneys were spent, the quality and quantity of the work of the Office, the nature of training provided to examiners, the evaluation of the Commissioner of Patents and the Commissioner of Trademarks by the Secretary of Commerce, the compensation of the Commissioners, and other information relating to the Office.
(July 19, 1952, ch. 950, 66 Stat. 794, § 14; renumbered § 13 and amended Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, § 1000(a)(9) [title IV, §§ 4717(1), 4718], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A–580, 1501A–581.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on Title 35, U.S.C., 1946 ed., § 20 (R.S. 494).
Language is changed. The lists referred to in the corresponding section of existing statute, and which are omitted from the revised section, are the indexes provided for in section 11(a)4. The month of reporting is omitted. The report contemplated by R.S. 494 has been discontinued since 1925 under authority of 44 U.S.C., 1946 ed., § 212.
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  • July 19, 1952, ch. 950
  • 66 Stat. 794
  • Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, § 1000(a)(9) [title IV, §§ 4717(1), 4718]
  • 113 Stat. 1536
  • Pub. L. 106–113
  • Pub. L. 100–703, title I, § 103(c)
  • 102 Stat. 4674
  • Pub. L. 99–607, § 3(c)
  • 100 Stat. 3471
  • Pub. L. 96–517, § 9
  • 94 Stat. 3028
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ActJuly 19, 1952, ch. 950
Stat.66 Stat. 794
Pub. L.Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, § 1000(a)(9) [title IV, §§ 4717(1), 4718]
Stat.113 Stat. 1536
Pub. L.Pub. L. 106–113
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