[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 37, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
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[CITE: 37CFR1.15]

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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. 1.15  Requests for identifiable records.

    (a) Requests for records, not disclosed to the public as part of the 
regular informational activity of the Patent and Trademark Office and 
which are not otherwise dealt with in the rules in this part, shall be 
made in writing, with the envelope and the letter clearly marked 
``Freedom of Information Request.'' Each such request, so marked, should 
be submitted by mail addressed to the ``Patent and Trademark Office, 
Freedom of Information Request Control Desk, Box 8, Washington, DC 
20231,'' or hand delivered to the Office of the Solicitor, Patent and 
Trademark Office, Arlington, Virginia. The request will be processed in 
accordance with the procedures set forth in part 4 of title 15, Code of 
Federal Regulations.
    (b) Any person whose request for records has been initially denied 
in whole or in part, or has not been timely determined, may submit a 
written appeal as provided in Sec. 4.8 of title 15, Code of Federal 
Regulations.
    (c) Procedures applicable in the event of service of process or in 
connection with testimony of employees on official matters and 
production of official documents of the Patent and Trademark Office in 
civil legal proceedings not involving the United States shall be those 
established in parts 15 and 15a of title 15, Code of Federal 
Regulations.

[53 FR 47686, Nov. 25, 1988]

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