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Timestamp: 2018-10-23 18:28:27
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 8', '§8', '§9', '§8', '§1000', '§4717', '§13206', '§6', '§1', '§1000', '§4732', '§1000', '§4717']

[USC03] 35 USC 8: Classification of patents
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35 USC 8: Classification of patents Text contains those laws in effect on October 22, 2018
§8. Classification of patents
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.
(July 19, 1952, ch. 950, 66 Stat. 794 , §9; renumbered §8 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 .)
Based on Title 35, U.S.C., 1946 ed., §6 note (June 10, 1898, ch. 430, §1, 30 Stat. 440 ).
A prior section 8 was renumbered section 7 of this title.
1999-Pub. L. 106–113, §1000(a)(9) [title IV, §4732(a)(10)(A)], as amended by Pub. L. 107–273, substituted "Director" for "Commissioner".
Pub. L. 106–113, §1000(a)(9) [title IV, §4717(1)], renumbered section 9 of this title as this section.