Statute · United States Code
35 U.S.C. § 12 — Copies of patents and applications for public libraries
35 U.S.C. § 12
- Type
- Statute
- Source
- United States Code
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 2025-01-06
- Topic
- intellectual-property-and-technology
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).
Citator
35 U.S.C. § 12 — Copies of patents and applications for public libraries is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.
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).