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# United States Code/Title 35/Chapter 2/Section 21

From the U.S. House of Representatives.
Section 21. Filing date and day for taking action
(a) The Director may by rule prescribe that any paper or fee required to be filed in the Patent and Trademark Office will be considered filed in the Office on the date on which it was deposited with the United States Postal Service or would have been deposited with the United States Postal Service but for postal service interruptions or emergencies designated by the Director.
(b) When the day, or the last day, for taking any action or paying any fee in the United States Patent and Trademark Office falls on Saturday, Sunday, or a Federal holiday within the District of Columbia, the action may be taken, or the fee paid, on the next succeeding secular or business day.

## Source

(July 19, 1952, ch. 950, 66 Stat. 794; Pub. L. 93-596, Sec. 1, Jan. 2, 1975, 88 Stat. 1949; Pub. L. 97-247, Sec. 12, Aug. 27, 1982, 96 Stat. 321; Pub. L. 106-113, div. B, Sec. 1000(a)(9) [title IV, Sec. 4732(a)(10)(A)], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A-582; Pub. L. 107-273, div. C, title III, Sec. 13206(b)(1)(B), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1906.)

## Historical and Revision Notes

Based on Title 35, U.S.C., 1946 ed., Sec. 21 (Mar. 2, 1927, ch. 273, Sec. 14, 44 Stat. 1337).
“Fixed by statute” is omitted from the corresponding section of the existing statute as unnecessary. Saturday is added as a day on which action need not be taken.

## Amendments
### 2002

Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 107-273 made technical correction to directory language of Pub. L. 106-113. See 1999 Amendment note below.

### 1999

Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 106-113, as amended by Pub. L. 107- 273, substituted “Director” for “Commissioner” in two places.

#### 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, Sec. 4731] of Pub. L. 106-113, set out as a note under section 1 of this title.

### 1982

Pub. L. 97-247 substituted “Filing date and day for taking action” for “Day for taking action falling on Saturday, Sunday, or holiday” as section catchline, added subsec. (a), redesignated existing provisions as subsec. (b) and inserted “Federal” after “Sunday, or a”.

#### Effective Date of 1982 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 97-247 effective six months after Aug. 27, 1982, see section 17(c) of Pub. L. 97-247, set out as an Effective Date note under section 294 of this title.

### 1975

Pub. L. 93-596 substituted “Patent and Trademark Office” for “Patent Office”.

#### 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.

## Emergency Relief from Postal Situation Affecting Patent Cases

Relief as to filing date of patent application or patent and excusal of delayed fees or actions affected by postal situation beginning on Mar. 18, 1970, and ending on or about Mar. 30, 1970, see note set out under section 111 of this title.
# United States Code/Title 35/Chapter 18/Section 211

From the U.S. House of Representatives.
Section 211. Relationship to antitrust laws
Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to convey to any person immunity from civil or criminal liability, or to create any defenses to actions, under any antitrust law.

## Source

(Added Pub. L. 96-517, Sec. 6(a), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 3027.)

## References in Text

The antitrust laws, referred to in text, are classified generally to chapter 1 (Sec. 1 et seq.) of Title 15, Commerce and Trade.
# United States Code/Title 35/Chapter 18/Section 212

From the U.S. House of Representatives.
Section 212. Disposition of rights in educational awards
No scholarship, fellowship, training grant, or other funding agreement made by a Federal agency primarily to an awardee for educational purposes will contain any provision giving the Federal agency any rights to inventions made by the awardee.

## Source

(Added Pub. L. 98-620, title V, Sec. 501(14), Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3368.)
# United States Code/Title 35/Chapter 2/Section 24

From the U.S. House of Representatives.
Section 24. Subpoenas, witnesses
The clerk of any United States court for the district wherein testimony is to be taken for use in any contested case in the Patent and Trademark Office, shall, upon the application of any party thereto, issue a subpoena for any witness residing or being within such district, commanding him to appear and testify before an officer in such district authorized to take depositions and affidavits, at the time and place stated in the subpoena. The provisions of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure relating to the attendance of witnesses and to the production of documents and things shall apply to contested cases in the Patent and Trademark Office.
Every witness subpoenaed and in attendance shall be allowed the fees and traveling expenses allowed to witnesses attending the United States district courts.
A judge of a court whose clerk issued a subpoena may enforce obedience to the process or punish disobedience as in other like cases, on proof that a witness, served with such subpoena, neglected or refused to appear or to testify. No witness shall be deemed guilty of contempt for disobeying such subpoena unless his fees and traveling expenses in going to, and returning from, and one day's attendance at the place of examination, are paid or tendered him at the time of the service of the subpoena; nor for refusing to disclose any secret matter except upon appropriate order of the court which issued the subpoena.

## Source

(July 19, 1952, ch. 950, 66 Stat. 795; Pub. L. 93-596, Sec. 1, Jan. 2, 1975, 88 Stat. 1949.)

## Historical and Revision Notes

Based on Title 35, U.S.C., 1946 ed., Secs. 54, 55 and 56 (R.S. 4906, amended Feb. 18, 1922, ch. 58, Sec. 7, 42 Stat. 389, 391-2; R.S. 4907; R.S. 4908).
Three sections of the existing statute are combined with some changes in language and placed in part 1 since they apply to trademark cases in the Patent Office as well as to patent cases. Reference to a repealed statute in the first paragraph is replaced by reference to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and certain rules are made applicable.

## References in Text

The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, referred to in text, are set out in the Appendix to Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.

## Amendments
### 1975

Pub. L. 93-596 substituted “Patent and Trademark Office” for “Patent Office” in two places.

#### 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.
# United States Code/Title 35/Chapter 2/Section 25

From the U.S. House of Representatives.
Section 25. Declaration in lieu of oath
(a) The Director may by rule prescribe that any document to be filed in the Patent and Trademark Office and which is required by any law, rule, or other regulation to be under oath may be subscribed to by a written declaration in such form as the Director may prescribe, such declaration to be in lieu of the oath otherwise required.
(b) Whenever such written declaration is used, the document must warn the declarant that willful false statements and the like are punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both (18 U.S.C. 1001).

## Source

(Added Pub. L. 88-292, Sec. 1, Mar. 26, 1964, 78 Stat. 171; amended Pub. L. 93-596, Sec. 1, Jan. 2, 1975, 88 Stat. 1949; Pub. L. 106-113, div. B, Sec. 1000(a)(9) [title IV, Sec. 4732(a)(10)(A)], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A-582; Pub. L. 107-273, div. C, title III, Sec. 13206(b)(1)(B), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1906.)

## Amendments
### 2002

Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 107-273 made technical correction to directory language of Pub. L. 106-113. See 1999 Amendment note below.

### 1999

Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 106-113, as amended by Pub. L. 107- 273, substituted “Director” for “Commissioner” in two places.

#### Effective Date af 1999 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 106-113 effective 4 months after Nov. 29, 1999, see section 1000(a)(9) [title IV, Sec. 4731] of Pub. L. 106-113, set out as a note under section 1 of this title.

### 1975

Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 93-596 substituted “Patent and Trademark Office” for “Patent Office”.

#### 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.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 1/5th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 80

Chap. ⅬⅩⅩⅩ.—An Act to suspend, for a further time, the duties upon the manufacture of Snuff within the United States, and the drawbacks upon the exportation thereof.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,Ante, p. 426, 495, 509. That all such parts of any law or laws heretofore passed, as impose duties upon mills and implements employed in the manufacture of snuff, or allow drawbacks upon the exportation of snuff manufactured within the United States, shall be, and the same hereby are suspended until the end of the first session of the sixth Congress of the United States.
Approved, July 16, 1798.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 1/5th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 78

Chap. ⅬⅩⅩⅧ.—An Act for erecting a Lighthouse at Gay-head, on Martha’s Vineyard; and for other purposes.
Section 1.Lighthouse to be erected at Gay-head. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That as soon as the jurisdiction of such land at Gay-head, on the western part of Martha’s Vineyard, in the state of Massachusetts, as the President of the United States shall deem sufficient, and most proper for the accommodation of a lighthouse, shall have been ceded to the United States, it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to provide by contract, which shall be approved by the President, for building a lighthouse thereon, and for furnishing the same with all necessary supplies; and also, to agree for the salaries and wages of the person or persons who may be appointed by the President, for the superintendence of the same: And the President is hereby authorized to make the said appointments.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted,A lighted beacon and a buoy to be fixed at the New Inlet of Cape Fear river. That as soon as such land at the New Inlet of Cape Fear river, in the state of North Carolina, as the President of the United States shall deem sufficient and most proper whereon to erect a lighted beacon, shall have been ceded to the United States, together with the jurisdiction thereof, it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to provide by contract, for erecting a lighted beacon thereon; and also for placing a buoy in the inlet aforesaid, and for furnishing the same with all necessary supplies.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted,Appropriation for those purposes, and for a beacon and buoys at the entrance of Savannah. That for the purposes aforesaid, and also for the payment of such sum as shall be found due to the commissioners of pilotage of the port of Savannah, in the state of Georgia, for erecting a beacon, and placing sundry buoys at the entrance of the said port, on a settlement of their accounts at the treasury, there be appropriated out of any monies in the treasury, not otherwise particularly appropriated, the sum of five thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars: Provided always,Proviso. that no payment shall be made for erecting the said beacon, until the land whereon the same has been erected, together with the jurisdiction thereof, shall have been ceded to the United States, agreeable to law, and in like manner as has been done in other cases.
Approved, July 16, 1798.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 1/5th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 82

Chap. ⅬⅩⅩⅩⅡ.—An Act to make a further appropriation for the additional Naval Armament.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum ​Appropriation for three ships of not less than 32 guns each.of six hundred thousand dollars shall be, and hereby is appropriated, to enable the President of the United States to cause to be built, and equipped, three ships or vessels, to be of a force not less than thirty-two guns each, and of the dimensions and model which he shall deem most advantageous for the public service, as part of the additional naval armament authorized by law.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted,Disposal of the materials for ships now on hand. That the timber and other materials belonging to the United States proper for building and equipping the ships or vessels aforesaid, remaining in their several dock-yards, and elsewhere, may be employed under the direction of the President of the United States, in effecting the purposes of this act; or may be otherwise disposed of, as he shall think best. Appropriation how to be paid.And the sum hereby appropriated, shall be paid out of any unappropriated money in the treasury.
Approved, July 16, 1798.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 1/5th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 81

Chap. ⅬⅩⅩⅩⅠ.—An Act for allowing an additional compensation to the doorkeepers and assistant doorkeepers of the Senate and House of Representatives, for their services during the present session of Congress.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be allowed to James Mathers, doorkeeper of the Senate, and to Thomas Claxton, doorkeeper of the House of Representatives, each, two hundred and fifty dollars; and to Cornelius Maxwell, assistant doorkeeper of the Senate, and to Thomas Dunn, the assistant doorkeeper of the House of Representatives, each, two hundred and twenty-five dollars, as an additional compensation for their services during the present session of Congress.
Approved, July 16, 1798.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 1/5th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 79

Chap. ⅬⅩⅩⅨ.—An Act to enable the President of the United States to borrow money for the public service.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted,Surplus of the duties on imports and tonnage pledged for the payment of principal and interest. That so much as may be necessary of the surplus of the duties on imports and tonnage, beyond the permanent appropriations heretofore charged upon them by law, shall be and hereby is pledged and appropriated for paying the interest of all such monies as may be borrowed, pursuant to this act, according to the terms and conditions on which the loan or loans, respectively, may be effected; and also for paying and discharging the principal sum or sums of any such loan or loans, according to the terms and conditions to be fixed, as aforesaid. Permanent revenues for making up the deficiency to be established.And the faith of the United States shall be and hereby is pledged, to establish sufficient permanent revenues for making up any deficiency that may hereafter appear in the provisions for paying the said interest and principal sums, or any of them, in manner aforesaid.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted,Sums borrowed to be paid into the treasury, &c. Appropriation of the same. That the sums to be borrowed, pursuant to this act, shall be paid into the treasury of the United States, and there separately accounted for; and that the same shall be, and hereby are appropriated in manner following: First, to make up any deficiency in any appropriation heretofore made by law, or to be made, during the present session of Congress; and, secondly, to defray the expenses which may be incurred before the end of the next session of Congress, by calling into actual service, any part of the militia of the United States, or by raising, equipping and calling into actual service, any regular troops, or volunteers, pursuant to authorities vested or to be vested in the President of the United States, by law.
Approved, July 16, 1798.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 3/15th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 71

Chap. LXXI.—An Act supplementary to the act, entitled “An act to authorize and empower the president and managers of the Washington Turnpike Company of the state of Maryland, when organized, to extend and make their turnpike road to or from Georgetown, in the District of Columbia, through the said district, to the line thereof.”
The law of Maryland in force in the District of Columbia.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the law of the state of Maryland, entitled “A supplement to an act, entitled an act to incorporate a company to make a turnpike road from the line of the district of Columbia, where it crosses the post-road leading from Georgetown to Fredericktown, through Montgomery and Frederick counties, to Fredericktown,” passed in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, be, and the same is hereby declared to be, in full force within the District of Columbia.
Approved, March 3, 1819.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 3/15th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 75

Chap. LXXV.—An Act in addition to “An act concerning tonnage and discriminating duties in certain cases.”
Act of April 20, 1818, ch. 112. The act of 20th April, 1818, extended to the vessels of Prussia, Hamburg and Bremen.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the act passed on the twentieth of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, entitled “An act concerning tonnage and discriminating duties in certain cases,” be, and the same hereby is, extended, in all its provisions and limitations, to the vessels of Prussia, of the city of Hamburg, and the city of Bremen.
The act of 3d March, 1815, ch. 76, the act of April 20, 1818, ch. 112, and this act to cease on 1st Jan., 1824.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the act passed on the third of March, eighteen hundred and fifteen, entitled “An act to repeal so much of the several acts imposing duties on the tonnage on [of] ships and vessels, and on goods, wares, and merchandise, imported into the United States, as imposes a discriminating duty on tonnage, between foreign vessels and vessels of the United States, and between goods imported into the United States in foreign vessels and vessels of the United States,” and also the act to which this is an addition, together with this act, shall cease and expire on the first day of January, eighteen hundred and twenty-four.
Approved, March 3, 1819.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 3/15th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 70

Chap. LXX.—An Act to provide for the due execution of the laws of the United States within the state of Illinois.
Laws of the United States not inapplicable, in force in Illinois.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the laws of the United States, which are not locally inapplicable, shall have the same force and effect, within the state of Illinois as elsewhere within the United States.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said state shall be one district, and be called the Illinois district. And a district court shall be ​Illinois a district. District court, one judge. Two sessions of the court annually. Act of Sept. 24, 1789, ch. 20. A clerk. Clerk’s fees.held therein, to consist of one judge, who shall reside in the said district, and be called a district judge. He shall hold, at the seat of government of the said state, two sessions annually, on the first Mondays in May and December; and he shall, in all things, have and exercise the same jurisdiction and powers which were by law given to the judge of the Kentucky district, under an act, entitled “An act to establish the judicial courts of the United States.” He shall appoint a clerk for the said district, who shall reside and keep the records of the court, at the place of holding the same, and shall receive, for the services performed by him, the same fees to which the clerk of the Kentucky district is entitled for similar services.
1000 dolls yearly compensation to the judge. Payable quarterly.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That there shall be allowed to the judge of the said district court, the annual compensation of one thousand dollars, to commence from the date of his appointment; to be paid quarter yearly, at the treasury of the United States.
District attorney. 200 dolls. per ann. for his extra services.Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That there shall be appointed, in the said district, a person learned in the law, to act as attorney for the United States, who shall, in addition to his stated fees, be paid, by the United States, two hundred dollars, as a full compensation for all extra services.
A marshal. 200 dolls. annually for his extra services.Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That a marshal be appointed for the said district, who shall perform the same duties, be subject to the same regulations and penalties, and be entitled to the same fees, as are prescribed to marshals in other districts; and shall, moreover, be entitled to the sum of two hundred dollars annually, as a compensation for all extra services.
Approved, March 3, 1819.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 3/15th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 52

Chap. LII.—An Act authorizing the Postmaster General to contract, as in other cases, for carrying the mail in steamboats, between New Orleans, in the state of Louisiana, and Louisville, in the state of Kentucky.
The Postmaster general authorized to contract for carrying the mail in steamboats, from New Orleans to Louisville, &c. Expense not to exceed that of transmitting by land.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Postmaster General may, and he is hereby, authorized to contract for the transportation of the mail in steamboats, between New Orleans, in the state of Louisiana, and Louisville, in the state of Kentucky, for any term of time, not exceeding four years in any one contract, in the same way and manner as he lawfully may, for the carriage of it, by land; but the whole expense of sending the mail in steamboats shall not exceed that of transmitting the same by land.
Approved, March 2, 1819.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 3/15th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 60

Chap. LX.—An Act extending the term of half-pay pensions to the widows and children of certain officers, seamen, and marines, who died in the public service.
Act of March 4, 1814, ch. 20. Act of April 16, 1818, ch. 65. Act of April 9, 1824, ch. 34. Five years’ additional half pay to the widows and children of officers, seamen, and marines, killed in battle, &c. or who died in battle.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in all cases where provision has been made by law for five years, half pay to the widows and children of officers, seamen, and marines, who were killed in battle, or died of wounds received in battle, or who died in the naval service of the United States, during the late war, the said provision shall be continued for the additional term of five years, to commence at the end of the first term of five years, in each case, respectively, making the provision equal to ten years half pay; which shall be paid in the manner, and out of the fund, heretofore designated by law; and the said pensions shall also cease for the reasons mentioned in the said law.
Approved, March 3, 1819.