§ 113. Drawings

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1952

   July 19, 1952, ch. 950, 66 Stat. 799 · 66 Stat. 799

   Enacted · 35 U.S.C. § 113

   July 19, 1952, ch. 950, 66 Stat. 799

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   July 19, 1952, ch. 950, 66 Stat. 799

2. 1975

   Pub. L. 94–131 § 8 · 89 Stat. 685

   Substituted · 35 U.S.C. § 113

   Pub. L. 94–131 substituted provisions respecting drawings requiring necessary-for-understanding drawings and submission of drawings within prescribed time period and limiting use of drawings submitted after filing date of application for prior provision requiring the applicant to furnish a drawing when the nature of the case admitted it

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 94–131 substituted provisions respecting drawings requiring necessary-for-understanding drawings and submission of drawings within prescribed time period and limiting use of drawings submitted after filing date of application for prior provision requiring the applicant to furnish a drawing when the nature of the case admitted it.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 8. Section 113 of title 35, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: “§ 113. Drawings “The applicant shall furnish a drawing where necessary for the understanding of the subject matter sought to be patented. When the nature of such subject matter admits of illustration by a drawing and the applicant has not furnished such a drawing, the Commissioner may require its submission within a time period of not less than two months from the sending of a notice thereof. Drawings submitted after the filing date of the application may not be used (i) to overcome any insufficiency of the specification due to lack of an enabling disclosure or otherwise inadequate disclosure therein, or (ii) to supplement the original disclosure thereof for the purpose of interpretation of the scope of any claim.”.

3. 1999

   District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2000

   Pub. L. 106–113 div. B § 1000(a)(9)(tIV)(s4732)(a)(10)(A) · 113 Stat. 1501

   1. Amended · 35 U.S.C. § 113

      Pub. L. 106–113, as amended by Pub. L. 107–273

   2. Substituted · 35 U.S.C. § 113

      Pub. L. 106–113, as substituted “Director” for “Commissioner”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 106–113, as amended by Pub. L. 107–273, substituted “Director” for “Commissioner”.

   Effective date note
   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 this title.

4. 2002

   Intellectual Property and High Technology Technical Amendments Act of 2002

   Pub. L. 107–273 div. C title III § 13206(b)(1)(B) · 116 Stat. 1758

   Changed · 35 U.S.C. § 113

   Pub. L. 107–273 made technical correction to directory language of Pub. L. 106–113. See 1999 Amendment note below

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 107–273 made technical correction to directory language of Pub. L. 106–113. See 1999 Amendment note below.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (B) in paragraph (10)(A), by inserting after “title 35, United States Code,” the following: “other than sections 1 through 6 (as amended by chapter 1 of this subtitle),”.

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