28-U.S.C.-1744
§1744 – Copies of United States Patent and Trademark office Documents, Generally
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Title 28 > Part V > Chapter 115 > Section 1744
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- Reference: Section 1744
- Legend: §1744 – Copies of United States Patent and Trademark office Documents, Generally
- USCode Year: 2013
Provision Content
Copies of letters patent or of any records, books, papers, or drawings belonging to the United States Patent and Trademark Office and relating to patents, authenticated under the seal of the United States Patent and Trademark Office and certified by the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, or by another officer of the United States Patent and Trademark Office authorized to do so by the Director, shall be admissible in evidence with the same effect as the originals.
Any person making application and paying the required fee may obtain such certified copies.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 948; May 24, 1949, ch. 139, §92(c), 63 Stat. 103; Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, §1000(a)(9) [title IV, §4732(b)(15)(B), (C)], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A–584.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on section 127 of title 15, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Commerce and Trade, and title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., §673 (R.S. §892; Mar. 19, 1920, ch. 104, §7, 41 Stat. 535; Mar. 4, 1925, ch. 535, §2, 43 Stat. 1269).
For purposes of uniformity, words written or printed, at the beginning of the section, were omitted. Similar sections in this chapter do not contain such words.
Words or in his name attested by a chief of division duly designated by the commissioner, after Commissioner of Patents, were omitted as unnecessary.
Changes in phraseology were made.
Amendments
1999—Pub. L. 106–113 substituted United States Patent and Trademark Office for Patent Office wherever appearing in section catchline and text and in text substituted Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office for Commissioner of Patents and Director for Commissioner.
1949—Act May 24, 1949, substituted patents after relating to for registered trade-marks, labels, or prints, and inserted or by another officer of the Patent Office authorized to do so by the Commissioner after Commissioner of Patents.
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, §4731] of Pub. L. 106–113, set out as a note under section 1 of Title 35, Patents.
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