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35 U.S.C. § 11 — Exchange of copies of patents and applications with foreign countries

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35 U.S.C. § 11 — Exchange of copies of patents and applications with foreign countries

**(a) In General.—** The Director may exchange copies of specifications and drawings of United States patents and published applications for patents for those of foreign countries. The Director shall not enter into an agreement to provide such copies of specifications and drawings of United States patents and applications to a foreign country, other than a USMCA country or a WTO member country, without the express authorization of the Secretary of Commerce. **(b) Definitions.—** In this section— (1) the term “USMCA country” has the meaning given that term in section 3 of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act ([19 U.S.C. 4502](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section4502&num=0&edition=prelim)); and (2) the term “WTO member country” has the meaning given that term in section 2(10) of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act ([19 U.S.C. 3501(10)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section3501/10&num=0&edition=prelim)).

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35 U.S.C. § 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.

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19 U.S.C. § 4502 — Detail of personnel to Office of the United States Trade Representative

**(a) In general** Upon the request of the Trade Representative, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Administrator of the National Oceanic Atmospheric 11 So in original. Probably should be preceded by “and”. Administration may detail, on a reimbursable basis, one employee of each such respective agency to the Office of the United States Trade Representative to be assigned to the United States Embassy in Mexico to carry out the duties described in subsection (b). **(b) Duties** The duties described in this subsection are the following: (1) Assist the Interagency Environment Committee to carry out monitoring and enforcement actions with respect to the environmental obligations of Mexico. (2) Prepare and submit to the Interagency Environment Committee on a quarterly basis a report on efforts of Mexico to comply with its environmental obligations.

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35 U.S.C. § 1 — Establishment

**(a) Establishment.—** The United States Patent and Trademark Office is established as an agency of the United States, within the Department of Commerce. In carrying out its functions, the United States Patent and Trademark Office shall be subject to the policy direction of the Secretary of Commerce, but otherwise shall retain responsibility for decisions regarding the management and administration of its operations and shall exercise independent control of its budget allocations and expenditures, personnel decisions and processes, procurements, and other administrative and management functions in accordance with this title and applicable provisions of law. Those operations designed to grant and issue patents and those operations which are designed to facilitate the registration of trademarks shall be treated as separate operating units within the Office. **(b) Offices.—** The United States Patent and Trademark Office shall maintain its principal office in the metropolitan Washington, D.C., area, for the service of process and papers and for the purpose of carrying out its functions. The United States Patent and Trademark Office shall be deemed, for purposes of venue in civil actions, to be a resident of the district in which its principal office is located, except where jurisdiction is otherwise provided by law. The United States Patent and Trademark Office may establish satellite offices in such other places in the United States as it considers necessary and appropriate in the conduct of its business. **(c) Reference.—** For purposes of this title, the United States Patent and Trademark Office shall also be referred to as the “Office” and the “Patent and Trademark Office”.

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35 U.S.C. § 12 — Copies of patents and applications for public libraries

The Director may supply copies of specifications and drawings of patents and published applications for patents in printed or electronic form to public libraries in the United States which shall maintain such copies for the use of the public, at the rate for each year’s issue established for this purpose in section 41(d).

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19 U.S.C. § 2578b — Subpart definitions

Notwithstanding [section 2571 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section2571&num=0&edition=prelim), for purposes of this subpart— (1) **Approval procedure** — The term “approval procedure” means any registration, notification, or other mandatory administrative procedure for granting permission for a good or service to be produced, marketed, or used for a stated purpose or under stated conditions. (2) **Conformity assessment procedure** — The term “conformity assessment procedure” means any procedure used, directly or indirectly, to determine that a technical regulation or standard is fulfilled, including sampling, testing, inspection, evaluation, verification, monitoring, auditing, assurance of conformity, accreditation, registration, or approval used for such a purpose, but does not mean an approval procedure. (3) **Objective** — The term “objective” includes— (A) safety, (B) protection of human, animal, or plant life or health, the environment or consumers, including matters relating to quality and identifiability of goods or services, and (C) sustainable development, but does not include the protection of domestic production. (4) **Service** — The term “service” means a land transportation service or a telecommunications service. (5) **Standard** — The term “standard” means— (A) characteristics for a good or a service, (B) characteristics, rules, or guidelines for— (i) processes or production methods relating to such good, or (ii) operating methods relating to such service, and (C) provisions specifying terminology, symbols, packaging, marking, or labelling for— (i) a good or its related process or production methods, or (ii) a service or its related operating methods, for

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19 U.S.C. § 2502 — Definitions

**(a) In general** As used in this part: (1) **Agency** — The term “agency” means a Federal department or agency (or combination of Federal departments or agencies). (2) **Commissioner** — The term “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Food and Drugs. (3) **International standard-setting organization** — The term “international standard-setting organization” means an organization consisting of representatives of 2 or more countries, the purpose of which is to negotiate, develop, promulgate, or amend an international standard. (4) **Sanitary or phytosanitary standard** — The term “sanitary or phytosanitary standard” means a standard intended to form a basis for a sanitary or phytosanitary measure. (5) **International standard** — The term “international standard” means a standard, guideline, or recommendation— (A) regarding food safety, adopted by the Codex Alimentarius Commission, including a standard, guideline, or recommendation regarding decomposition elaborated by the Codex Committee on Fish and Fishery Products, food additives, contaminants, hygienic practice, and methods of analysis and sampling; (B) regarding animal health and zoonoses, developed under the auspices of the International Office of Epizootics; (C) regarding plant health, developed under the auspices of the Secretariat of the International Plant Protection Convention in cooperation with the North American Plant Protection Organization; or (D) established by or developed under any other international organization agreed to by the USMCA countries (as defined in [section 4502 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section4502&num=0&edition=prelim)) or by the WTO members (as defined in [section 3501(10) of this title](https://uscode.house.g

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19 U.S.C. § 3501 — Additional program funding

**(a) Use of additional funds** Consistent, as determined by the President, with the obligations undertaken by the United States set forth in the Uruguay Round Agreements, the Commodity Credit Corporation shall use, in addition to any other funds appropriated or made available for such purposes, any funds made available under subsection (b) for authorized export promotion, foreign market development, export credit financing, and promoting the development, commercialization, and marketing of products resulting from alternative uses of agricultural commodities. **(b) Amount of additional funds** Amounts shall be credited to the Commodity Credit Corporation in fiscal year 1995 equal to the lesser of the dollar amount of— (1) the fiscal year 1995 Pay-As-You-Go savings; and (2) the 5-year Pay-As-You-Go savings; under [section 902 of title 2](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section902&num=0&edition=prelim), resulting from the enactment of the Federal Crop Insurance Reform Act of 1994. **(c) Effective date** This section shall take effect on December 8, 1994.

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19 U.S.C. § 3501 — Definitions

Page 857 TITLE 19—CUSTOMS DUTIES § 3501 CHAPTER 22—URUGUAY ROUND TRADE AGREEMENTS Sec. 3501. Definitions. SUBCHAPTER I—APPROVAL OF, AND GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO, URUGUAY ROUND AGREEMENTS PART A—APPROVAL OF AGREEMENTS AND RELATED PROVISIONS 3511. Approval and entry into force of Uruguay Round Agreements. 3512. Relationship of agreements to United States law and State law. 3513. Implementing actions in anticipation of entry into force; regulations. PART B—TARIFF MODIFICATIONS 3521. Tariff modifications. 3522. Liquidation or reliquidation and refund of duty paid on certain entries. 3523. Duty free treatment for octadecyl isocyanate and 5-Chloro-2-(2,4-dichloro-phenoxy) phe- nol. 3524. Consultation and layover requirements for, and effective date of, proclaimed actions. PART C—URUGUAY ROUND IMPLEMENTATION AND DISPUTE SETTLEMENT 3531. Definitions. 3532. Implementation of Uruguay Round Agree- ments. 3533. Dispute settlement panels and procedures. 3534. Annual report on WTO. 3535. Review of participation in WTO. 3536. Increased transparency. 3537. Access to WTO dispute settlement process. 3538. Administrative action following WTO panel reports. 3539. Fund for WTO dispute settlements. PART D—RELATED PROVISIONS 3551. Working party on worker rights. 3552. Implementation of Rules of Origin work pro- gram. 3553. Membership in WTO of boycotting countries. 3554. Africa trade and development policy. 3555. Objectives for extended negotiations. 3556. Certain nonrubber footwear. SUBCHAPTER II—ENFORCEMENT OF UNITED STATES RIGHTS UNDER SUBSIDIES AGREEMENT 3571. Subsidies enforcement. 3572. Review of Subsidies Agreement. SUBCHAPTER III—ADDITIONAL IMPLEMENTATION OF AGREEMENTS PART A—FOREIGN TRADE BARRIERS AND UNFA

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19 U.S.C. § 4502 — Definitions

Page 1125 TITLE 19—CUSTOMS DUTIES § 4502 Sec. SUCBCHAPTER V—TRANSITION TO AND EXTENSION OF USMCA PART A—JOINT REVIEWS REGARDING EXTENSION OF USMCA 4611. Participation in joint reviews with Canada and Mexico regarding extension of the term of the USMCA and other action regarding the USMCA. PART B—TERMINATION OF USMCA 4621. Termination of USMCA. SUBCHAPTER VI—LABOR MONITORING AND ENFORCEMENT 4631. Definitions. PART A—INTERAGENCY LABOR COMMITTEE FOR MONITORING AND ENFORCEMENT 4641. Interagency Labor Committee for Monitoring and Enforcement. 4642. Duties. 4643. Enforcement priorities. 4644. Assessments. 4645. Recommendation for enforcement action. 4646. Petition process. 4647. Hotline. 4648. Reports. 4649. Consultations on appointment and funding of rapid response labor panelists. PART B—MEXICO LABOR ATTACHE´ S 4661. Establishment. 4662. Duties. 4663. Status. PART C—INDEPENDENT MEXICO LABOR EXPERT BOARD 4671. Establishment. 4672. Membership; term. 4673. Funding. 4674. Reports. PART D—FORCED LABOR 4681. Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force. 4682. Timeline required. 4683. Reports required. 4684. Duties related to Mexico. PART E—ENFORCEMENT UNDER RAPID RESPONSE LABOR MECHANISM 4691. Transmission of reports. 4692. Suspension of liquidation. 4693. Final remedies. SUBCHAPTER VII—ENVIRONMENT MONITORING AND ENFORCEMENT 4701. Definitions. PART A—INTERAGENCY ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE FOR MONITORING AND ENFORCEMENT 4711. Establishment. 4712. Assessment. 4713. Monitoring actions. 4714. Enforcement actions. 4715. Other monitoring and enforcement actions. 4716. Report to Congress. 4717. Regulations. PART B—OTHER MATTERS 4731. Border water infrastructure improvement au- thority. 4732. Detail of pers

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35 U.S.C. § 11 — Exchange of copies of patents and applica-

Page 19 TITLE 35—PATENTS § 12 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. § 11. Exchange of copies of patents and applica- tions with foreign countries (a) IN GENERAL.—The Director may exchange copies of specifications and drawings of United States patents and published applications for patents for those of foreign countries. The Di- rector shall not enter into an agreement to pro- vide such copies of specifications and drawings of United States patents and applications to a foreign country, other than a USMCA country or a WTO member country, without the express authorization of the Secretary of Commerce. (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— (1) the term ‘‘USMCA country’’ has the meaning given that term in section 3 of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Im- plementation Act (19 U.S.C. 4502); and (2) the term ‘‘WTO member country’’ has the meaning given that term in section 2(10) of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 3501(10)). (July 19, 1952, ch. 950, 66 Stat. 794, § 12; renum- bered § 11 and amended Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, § 1000(a)(9) [title IV, §§ 4507(2), 4717(1), 4732(a)(10)(A), 4808], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A–565, 1501A–580, 1501A–582, 1501A–591; Pub. L. 107–273, div. C, title III, §§ 13205(2)(B), 13206(b)(1)(B), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1903, 1906; Pub. L. 116–260, div. O, title VI, § 602(d), Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 2153.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Based on Title 35, U.S.C., 1946 ed., §§ 15, and 78, part (Jan. 14, 1915, 38 Stat. 1221; Feb. 18, 1922, ch. 58, § 9, pro- viso in, 42 Stat. 39

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