35 U.S.C. § 12
Copies of patents and applications for public libraries
United States · Title 35 — PATENTS · Status: effective
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- 35 U.S.C. § 12, Copies of patents and applications for public libraries, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/470784
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The Director may supply copies of specifications and drawings of patents and published applications for patents in printed or electronic form to public libraries in the United States which shall maintain such copies for the use of the public, at the rate for each year’s issue established for this purpose in section 41(d).
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.
- A bill to authorize appropriations to the Patent and Trademark Office in the Department of Commerce, and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2000
- 21st Century Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization ActHouse: 400–4Senate: no recorded tally
- Leahy-Smith America Invents Act