# § 10. Publications
**(a)** The Director may publish in printed, typewritten, or electronic form, the following:
1. Patents and published applications for patents, including specifications and drawings, together with copies of the same. The Patent and Trademark Office may print the headings of the drawings for patents for the purpose of photolithography.
2. Certificates of trade-mark registrations, including statements and drawings, together with copies of the same.
3. The Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
4. Annual indexes of patents and patentees, and of trade-marks and registrants.
5. Annual volumes of decisions in patent and trade-mark cases.
6. Pamphlet copies of the patent laws and rules of practice, laws and rules relating to trade-marks, and circulars or other publications relating to the business of the Office.
**(b)** The Director may exchange any of the publications specified in items 3, 4, 5, and 6 of subsection (a) of this section for publications desirable for the use of the Patent and Trademark Office.
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**Source Credit**: (July 19, 1952, ch. 950, 66 Stat. 794, § 11; Pub. L. 93–596, § 1, Jan. 2, 1975, 88 Stat. 1949; renumbered § 10 and amended Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, § 1000(a)(9) [title IV, §§ 4507(1), 4717(1), 4732(a)(10)(A), 4804(b)], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A–565, 1501A–580, 1501A–582, 1501A–589; Pub. L. 107–273, div. C, title III, §§ 13205(2)(A), 13206(b)(1)(B), (3)(A), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1903, 1906.)
### Historical and Revision Notes
Based on Title 35, U.S.C., 1946 ed., §§ 13 and 16 (R.S. 489; (part), , repeated in prior and subsequent appropriation acts).
Section is amplified to list the publications of the Patent Office, based on 44 U.S.C., 1946 ed., §§ 283, 283a.
The second sentence of item 1 of the revised section is a provision appearing annually in appropriation acts to enable the Patent Office to maintain a small printing press to place headings on drawings before the drawings are reproduced.
Language is changed.
## Editorial Notes
### Prior Provisions
A prior section 10 was renumbered .
### Amendments
2002—Subsec. (a). , amended directory language of . See 1999 Amendment note below.
Subsec. (a)1. , made technical correction to directory language of . See 1999 Amendment note below.
Subsec. (b). , made technical correction to directory language of . See 1999 Amendment note below.
1999—, renumbered as this section.
Subsec. (a). , as amended by , which directed the general amendment of the introductory provisions of subsec. (a) of to read “The Director may publish in printed, typewritten, or electronic form, the following:”, was executed to this section, which was , to reflect the probable intent of Congress. This section was subsequently renumbered by . Prior to amendment, introductory provisions of subsec. (a) read as follows: “The Commissioner may print, or cause to be printed, the following:”. See note above and Effective Date of 1999 Amendment note below.
Subsec. (a)1. , as amended by , inserted “and published applications for patents” after “Patents”.
Subsec. (b). , as amended by , substituted “Director” for “Commissioner”.
1975— substituted “Patent and Trademark Office” for “Patent Office”, wherever appearing.
## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
### Effective Date of 1999 Amendment
> “Except as otherwise provided in this section, sections 4502 through 4504 and 4506 through 4507 [amending sections 10 to 12, 119, 120, 122, 135, 154, 181, 252, 284, and 374 of this title and enacting provisions set out as notes under sections 41 and 122 of this title], and the amendments made by such sections, shall be effective as of
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, , , 1501A–566, as amended by , , , provided that:
Amendment by section 1000(a)(9) [title IV, §§ 4717(1), 4732(a)(10)(A)] of effective 4 months after , see section 1000(a)(9) [title IV, § 4731] of , set out as a note under .
### Effective Date of 1975 Amendment
Amendment by effective , see , set out as a note under , Commerce and Trade.