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collections assessed and collected pursuant to 15 U.S.C. 
1113 and 35 U.S.C. 41 and 376, and shall be retained 
and used for necessary expenses in this appropriation: 
Provided, That the sum herein appropriated from the gen-
eral fund shall be reduced as such offsetting collections 
are received during fiscal year 2005, so as to result in 
a fiscal year 2005 appropriation from the general fund 
estimated at $0: Provided further, That during fiscal year 
2005, should the total amount of offsetting fee collections 
be less than $1,314,653,000, this amount shall be reduced 
accordingly: Provided further, That not less than 584 full- 
time equivalents, 602 positions and $78,450,000 shall be 
for the examination of trademark applications; and not 
less than 5,435 full-time equivalents, 5,848 positions and 
$866,007,000 shall be for the examination and searching 
of patent applications: Provided further, That not more 
than 264 full-time equivalents, 271 positions and 
$36,861,000 shall be for the Office of the General Coun-
sel: Provided further, That from amounts provided herein, 
not to exceed $1,000 shall be made available in fiscal year 
2005 for official reception and representation expenses: 
Provided further, That, notwithstanding section 1353 of 
title 31, United States Code, no employee of the United 
States Patent and Trademark Office may accept payment 
or reimbursement from a non-Federal entity for travel,
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subsistence, or related expenses for the purpose of ena-
bling an employee to attend and participate in a conven-
tion, conference, or meeting when the entity offering pay-
ment or reimbursement is a person or corporation subject 
to regulation by the Office, or represents a person or cor-
poration subject to regulation by the Office, unless the 
person or corporation is an organization exempt from tax-
ation pursuant to section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986. 
Upon enactment of authorization to increase fees col-
lected pursuant to 35 U.S.C. 41, any resulting increased 
receipts may be collected and credited to this account as 
offsetting collections: Provided, That not to exceed 
$218,754,000 derived from such offsetting collections 
shall be available until expended for authorized purposes: 
Provided further, That not less than 58 full-time equiva-
lents, 72 positions and $5,551,000 shall be for the exam-
ination of trademark applications; and not less than 378 
full-time equivalents, 709 positions and $106,986,000 
shall be for the examination and searching of patent appli-
cations: Provided further, That not more than 20 full-time 
equivalents, 20 positions and $4,955,000 shall be for the 
Office of the General Counsel: Provided further, That the 
total amount appropriated from fees collected in fiscal 
year 2005, including such increased fees, shall not exceed
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$1,533,407,000: Provided further, That in fiscal year 
2005, from the amounts made available for ‘‘Salaries and 
Expenses’’ for the United States Patent and Trademark 
Office (PTO), the amounts necessary to pay (1) the dif-
ference between the percentage of basic pay contributed 
by the PTO and employees under section 8334(a) of title 
5, United States Code, and the normal cost percentage 
(as defined by section 8331(17) of that title) of basic pay, 
of employees subject to subchapter III of chapter 83 of 
that title; and (2) the present value of the otherwise un-
funded accruing costs, as determined by the Office of Per-
sonnel Management, of post-retirement life insurance and 
post-retirement health benefits coverage for all PTO em-
ployees, shall be transferred to the Civil Service Retire-
ment and Disability Fund, the Employees Life Insurance 
Fund, and the Employees Health Benefits Fund, as ap-
propriate, and shall be available for the authorized pur-
poses of those accounts. 
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 
TECHNOLOGY ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Under Secretary for 
Technology Office of Technology Policy, $6,547,000.