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[CITE: 35USC114]

 
                            TITLE 35--PATENTS
 
        PART II--PATENTABILITY OF INVENTIONS AND GRANT OF PATENTS
 
                   CHAPTER 11--APPLICATION FOR PATENT
 
Sec. 114. Models, specimens

    The Director may require the applicant to furnish a model of 
convenient size to exhibit advantageously the several parts of his 
invention.
    When the invention relates to a composition of matter, the Director 
may require the applicant to furnish specimens or ingredients for the 
purpose of inspection or experiment.

(July 19, 1952, ch. 950, 66 Stat. 799; Pub. L. 106-113, div. B, 
Sec. 1000(a)(9) [title IV, Sec. 4732(a)(10)(A)], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 
Stat. 1536, 1501A-582.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

    Based on Title 35, U.S.C., 1946 ed., Sec. 34, part (R.S. 4890 and 
4891).
    The change in language in the second paragraph broadens the 
requirement for specimens.


                               Amendments

    1999--Pub. L. 106-113 substituted ``Director'' for ``Commissioner'' 
in two places.


                    Effective Date of 1999 Amendment

    Amendment by 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.
