1999—
Pub. L. 106–113 substituted “United States Patent and Trademark Office” for “Patent Office of the United States” and “Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office” for “Commissioner of Patents”.
Amendment by
Pub. L. 106–113 effective 4 months after Nov. 29, 1999, see section
1000
(a)(9) [title IV, § 4731] of
Pub. L. 106–113, set out as a note under section
1 of Title
35, Patents.