2014 US Code
Title 35 - Patents (Sections 1 - 390)
Part I - United States Patent and Trademark Office (Sections 1 - 42)
Chapter 1 - Establishment, Officers and Employees, Functions (Sections 1 - 14)
Front Matter
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 35 - PATENTS |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 35 - PATENTS PART I - UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE CHAPTER 1 - ESTABLISHMENT, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES, FUNCTIONS - Front Matter |
| Date | 2014 |
| Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 5, 2015 |
| Positive Law | Yes |
| Disposition | standard |
| Statutes at Large References | 86 Stat. 203 98 Stat. 3386 113 Stat. 1536 116 Stat. 1903 125 Stat. 313 |
| Public and Private Laws | Public Law 92-310, Public Law 98-622, Public Law 106-113, Public Law 107-273, Public Law 112-29 |
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2011—Pub. L. 112–29, §7(a)(2), Sept. 16, 2011, 125 Stat. 313, amended item 6 generally, substituting "Patent Trial and Appeal Board" for "Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences".
2002—Pub. L. 107–273, div. C, title III, §13205(2)(D), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1903, made technical correction to directory language of Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, §1000(a)(9) [title IV, §4507(4)], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A–566. See 1999 Amendment note below.
1999—Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, §1000(a)(9) [title IV, §4732(a)(4)], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A–582, amended analysis generally, substituting "OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES" for "OFFICERS" in chapter heading, substituting "Powers and duties" for "Seal" in item 2, adding item 5, renumbering items 7 to 14 as 6 to 13, respectively, striking out former item 6, "Duties of Commissioner", and inserting "and applications" after "patents" in items 11 and 12.
Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, §1000(a)(9) [title IV, §§4507(4), 4508], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A–566, as amended by Pub. L. 107–273, div. C, title III, §13205(2)(D), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1903, which directed the insertion of "and applications" after "patents" in items 11 and 12, effective 1 year after Nov. 29, 1999, was not executed in either item to reflect the probable intent of Congress. See above.
1984—Pub. L. 98–622, title II, §201(b), Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3386, substituted "Patent Appeals and Interferences" for "Appeals" in item 7.
1972—Pub. L. 92–310, title II, §208(b), June 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 203, struck out item 5 "Bond of Commissioner and other officers".
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