2019 US Code
Title 35 - Patents
Part I - United States Patent and Trademark Office
Chapter 1 - Establishment, Officers and Employees, Functions
Sec. 8 - Classification of patents
| 35 U.S.C. § 8 (2019) |
| §8. Classification of patents |
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The Director may revise and maintain the classification by subject matter of United States letters patent, and such other patents and printed publications as may be necessary or practicable, for the purpose of determining with readiness and accuracy the novelty of inventions for which applications for patent are filed. |
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(July 19, 1952, ch. 950, 66 Stat. 794, §9; renumbered §8 and amended Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, §1000(a)(9) [title IV, §§4717(1), 4732(a)(10)(A)], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A–580, 1501A–582; Pub. L. 107–273, div. C, title III, §13206(b)(1)(B), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1906.) |
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HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Based on Title 35, U.S.C., 1946 ed., §6 note (June 10, 1898, ch. 430, §1, 30 Stat. 440). Changes in language are made. PRIOR PROVISIONSA prior section 8 was renumbered section 7 of this title. AMENDMENTS2002—Pub. L. 107–273 made technical correction to directory language of Pub. L. 106–113, §1000(a)(9) [title IV, §4732(a)(10)(A)]. See 1999 Amendment note below. 1999—Pub. L. 106–113, §1000(a)(9) [title IV, §4732(a)(10)(A)], as amended by Pub. L. 107–273, substituted "Director" for "Commissioner". Pub. L. 106–113, §1000(a)(9) [title IV, §4717(1)], renumbered section 9 of this title as this section. EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1999 AMENDMENTAmendment by Pub. L. 106–113 effective 4 months after Nov. 29, 1999, see section 1000(a)(9) [title IV, §4731] of Pub. L. 106–113, set out as a note under section 1 of this title. |
| United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 35 - PATENTS |
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| Title 35 - PATENTS PART I - UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE CHAPTER 1 - ESTABLISHMENT, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES, FUNCTIONS Sec. 8 - Classification of patents |
| section 8 |
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| January 24, 2020 |
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| standard |
| 30 Stat. 440 66 Stat. 794 113 Stat. 1536 116 Stat. 1906 |
| Public Law 106-113, Public Law 107-273 |
