§ 13. — Annual report to Congress.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 35USC13]
TITLE 35--PATENTS
PART I--UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
CHAPTER 1--ESTABLISHMENT, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES, FUNCTIONS
Sec. 13. Annual report to Congress
The Director shall report to the Congress, not later than 180 days
after the end of each fiscal year, the moneys received and expended by
the Office, the purposes for which the moneys were spent, the quality
and quantity of the work of the Office, the nature of training provided
to examiners, the evaluation of the Commissioner of Patents and the
Commissioner of Trademarks by the Secretary of Commerce, the
compensation of the Commissioners, and other information relating to the
Office.
(July 19, 1952, ch. 950, 66 Stat. 794, Sec. 14; renumbered Sec. 13 and
amended Pub. L. 106-113, div. B, Sec. 1000(a)(9) [title IV,
Secs. 4717(1), 4718], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A-580, 1501A-
581.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on Title 35, U.S.C., 1946 ed., Sec. 20 (R.S. 494).
Language is changed. The lists referred to in the corresponding
section of existing statute, and which are omitted from the revised
section, are the indexes provided for in section 11(a)4. The month of
reporting is omitted. The report contemplated by R.S. 494 has been
discontinued since 1925 under authority of 44 U.S.C., 1946 ed.,
Sec. 212.
Prior Provisions
A prior section 13 was renumbered section 12 of this title.
Amendments
1999--Pub. L. 106-113 renumbered section 14 of this title as this
section and amended section catchline and text generally. Prior to
amendment, text read as follows: ``The Commissioner shall report to
Congress annually the moneys received and expended, statistics
concerning the work of the Office, and other information relating to the
Office as may be useful to the Congress or the public.''
Effective Date of 1999 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 106-113 effective 4 months after Nov. 29, 1999,
see section 1000(a)(9) [title IV, Sec. 4731] of Pub. L. 106-113, set out
as a note under section 1 of this title.
Report to Congress
Pub. L. 100-703, title I, Sec. 103(c), Nov. 19, 1988, 102 Stat.
4674, provided that: ``The Secretary of Commerce shall, on the day on
which the President submits the annual budget to the Congress, provide
to the Committees on the Judiciary of the Senate and the House of
Representatives--
``(1) a list of patent and trademark fee collections by the
Patent and Trademark Office during the preceding fiscal year;
``(2) a list of activities of the Patent and Trademark Office
during the preceding fiscal year which were supported by patent fee
expenditures, trademark fee expenditures, and appropriations;
``(3) budget plans for significant programs, projects, and
activities of the Office, including out-year funding estimates;
``(4) any proposed disposition of surplus fees by the Office;
and
``(5) such other information as the committees consider
necessary.''
Similar provisions were contained in the following prior
authorization act:
Pub. L. 99-607, Sec. 3(c), Nov. 6, 1986, 100 Stat. 3471.
Computerized Data and Retrieval System; Report to Congress
Pub. L. 96-517, Sec. 9, Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 3028, directed the
Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks to report to Congress, within two
years after Dec. 12, 1980, a plan to identify, and if necessary develop
or have developed, computerized data and retrieval systems equivalent to
the latest state of the art which could be applied to all aspects of the
operation of the Patent and Trademark Office, and particularly to the
patent search file, the patent classification system, and the trademark
search file. The report was to specify the cost of implementing the
plan, and how rapidly the plan could be implemented by the Patent and
Trademark Office, without regard to the availability of future funding.
