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[CITE: 35USC10]

 
                            TITLE 35--PATENTS
 
            PART I--UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
 
       CHAPTER 1--ESTABLISHMENT, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES, FUNCTIONS
 
Sec. 10. Publications

    (a) The Director may publish in printed, typewritten, or electronic 
form, the following:
    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, Sec. 11; Pub. L. 93-596, Sec. 1, 
Jan. 2, 1975, 88 Stat. 1949; renumbered Sec. 10 and amended Pub. L. 106-
113, div. B, Sec. 1000(a)(9) [title IV, Secs. 4507(1), 4717(1), 
4732(a)(10)(A), 4804(b)], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A-565, 
1501A-580, 1501A-582, 1501A-589.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

    Based on Title 35, U.S.C., 1946 ed., Secs. 13 and 16 (R.S. 489; July 
9, 1947, ch. 211, Sec. 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., Secs. 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.


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 10 was renumbered section 9 of this title.


                               Amendments

    1999--Pub. L. 106-113, Sec. 1000(a)(9) [title IV, Secs. 4717(1), 
4732(a)(10)(A)], renumbered section 11 of this title as this section and 
substituted ``Director'' for ``Commissioner'' in subsec. (b).
    Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 106-113, Sec. 1000(a)(9) [title IV, 
Sec. 4804(b)], in introductory provisions, substituted ``The Director 
may publish in printed, typewritten, or electronic form, the 
following:'' for ``The Commissioner may print, or cause to be printed, 
the following:''.
    Subsec. (a)1. Pub. L. 106-113, Sec. 1000(a)(9) [title IV, 
Sec. 4507(1)], which directed the insertion of ``and published 
applications for patents'' after ``Patents'' in section 11 of this 
title, was executed by making the insertion in this section to reflect 
the probable intent of Congress and the renumbering of section 11 as 
this section by Pub. L. 106-113, Sec. 1000(a)(9) [title IV, 
Sec. 4717(1)]. See note above and Effective Date of 1999 Amendment notes 
below.
    1975--Pub. L. 93-596 substituted ``Patent and Trademark Office'' for 
``Patent Office'', wherever appearing.


                    Effective Date of 1999 Amendment

    Pub. L. 106-113, div. B, Sec. 1000(a)(9) [title IV, Sec. 4508], Nov. 
29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A-566, provided that: ``Sections 4502 
through 4507 [amending sections 10 to 12, 102, 119, 120, 122, 135, 154, 
181, 252, 284, and 374 of this title and enacting provisions set out as 
notes under sections 41 and 122 of this title], and the amendments made 
by such sections, shall take effect on the date that is 1 year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act [Nov. 29, 1999] and shall apply to all 
applications filed under section 111 of title 35, United States Code, on 
or after that date, and all applications complying with section 371 of 
title 35, United States Code, that resulted from international 
applications filed on or after that date. The amendments made by 
sections 4504 and 4505 [amending sections 102 and 154 of this title] 
shall apply to any such application voluntarily published by the 
applicant under procedures established under this subtitle [see section 
Sec. 1000(a)(9) [title IV, Sec. 4501] of Pub. L. 106-113, set out as a 
Short Title of 1999 Amendment note under section 1 of this title] that 
is pending on the date that is 1 year after the date of the enactment of 
this Act. The amendment made by section 4504 [amending section 154 of 
this title] shall also apply to international applications designating 
the United States that are filed on or after the date that is 1 year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act.''
    Amendment by section 1000(a)(9) [title IV, Secs. 4717(1), 
4732(a)(10)(A)] Pub. L. 106-113 effective 4 months after Nov. 29, 1999, 
see section 1000(a)(9) [title IV, Sec. 4731] of Pub. L. 106-113, set out 
as a note under section 1 of this title.


                    Effective Date of 1975 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 93-596 effective Jan. 2, 1975, see section 4 of 
Pub. L. 93-596, set out as a note under section 1111 of Title 15, 
Commerce and Trade.
