[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 37, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 37CFR1.13]

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              TITLE 37--PATENTS, TRADEMARKS, AND COPYRIGHTS
 
                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 1--RULES OF PRACTICE IN PATENT CASES--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A--General Provisions
 
Sec. 1.13  Copies and certified copies.

    (a) Non-certified copies of patents, patent application 
publications, and trademark registrations and of any records, books, 
papers, or drawings within the jurisdiction of the United States Patent 
and Trademark Office and open to the public, will be furnished by the 
United States Patent and Trademark Office to any person, and copies of 
other records or papers will be furnished to persons entitled thereto, 
upon payment of the appropriate fee.
    (b) Certified copies of patents, patent application publications, 
and trademark registrations and of any records, books, papers, or 
drawings within the jurisdiction of the United States Patent and 
Trademark Office and open to the public or persons entitled thereto will 
be authenticated by the seal of the United States Patent and Trademark 
Office and certified by the Commissioner, or in his or her name attested 
by an officer of the United States Patent and Trademark Office 
authorized by the Commissioner, upon payment of the fee for the 
certified copy.

[65 FR 57051, Sept. 20, 2000]