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35 U.S.C. § 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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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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The Director shall maintain a library of scientific and other works and periodicals, both foreign and domestic, in the Patent and Trademark Office to aid the officers in the discharge of their duties.
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The Director may furnish certified copies of specifications and drawings of patents issued by the Patent and Trademark Office, and of other records available either to the public or to the person applying therefor.
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**(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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TITLE 35—PATENTS
§ 9
tered by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board shall be
deemed to extend to inter partes reexaminations that
are requested under section 311 of such title before
the effective date of the amendments made by this
section.’’
EFFECTIVE DATE
Section effective 4 months after Nov. 29, 1999, see sec-
tion 1000(a)(9) [title IV, § 4731] of Pub. L. 106–113, set out
as an Effective Date of 1999 Amendment note under sec-
tion 1 of this title.
§ 7. Library
The Director shall maintain a library of sci-
entific and other works and periodicals, both
foreign and domestic, in the Patent and Trade-
mark Office to aid the officers in the discharge
of their duties.
(July 19, 1952, ch. 950, 66 Stat. 793, § 8; Pub. L.
93–596, § 1, Jan. 2, 1975, 88 Stat. 1949; renumbered
§ 7 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.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Based on Title 35, U.S.C., 1946 ed., § 10 (R.S. 486).
Some change in language has been made. ‘‘Pur-
chased’’ is changed to ‘‘maintained’’ to include the ex-
isting library and keeping it up by additions. The
phrase ‘‘and other’’ is added to include legal works. The
last phrase of the corresponding section of the existing
statute is omitted as unnecessary.
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PRIOR PROVISIONS
A prior section 7, acts July 19, 1952, ch. 950, 66 Stat.
793; Pub. L. 85–933, § 2, Sept. 6, 1958, 72 Stat. 1793; Pub.
L. 86–370, § 1(b), Sept. 23, 1959, 73 Stat. 650; Pub. L.
93–596, § 1, Jan. 2, 1975, 88 Stat. 1949; Pub. L. 93–601, § 2,
Jan. 2, 1975, 88 Stat. 1956; Pub. L. 98–622, title II, § 201(a),
Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3386, es
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