Source: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2017-title35/html/USCODE-2017-title35-partI-chap2-sec21.htm
Timestamp: 2019-02-16 04:01:08
Document Index: 311754890

Matched Legal Cases: ['§21', '§1', '§12', '§1000', '§4732', '§13206', '§21', '§14']

PART I - UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
CHAPTER 2 - PROCEEDINGS IN THE PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Sec. 21 - Filing date and day for taking action
§21. Filing date and day for taking action
(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.
(July 19, 1952, ch. 950, 66 Stat. 794; Pub. L. 93–596, §1, Jan. 2, 1975, 88 Stat. 1949; Pub. L. 97–247, §12, Aug. 27, 1982, 96 Stat. 321; Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, §1000(a)(9) [title IV, §4732(a)(10)(A)], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1536, 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., §21 (Mar. 2, 1927, ch. 273, §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.
1999—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 106–113, as amended by Pub. L. 107–273, substituted "Director" for "Commissioner" in two places.
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".
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.
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.