Title 35 — Patents
Part II · Chapter 15 — Plant Patents
§ 164. Assistance of Department of Agriculture
Statutory text
The President may by Executive order direct the Secretary of Agriculture, in accordance with the requests of the Director, for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this title with respect to plants (1) to furnish available information of the Department of Agriculture, (2) to conduct through the appropriate bureau or division of the Department research upon special problems, or (3) to detail to the Director officers and employees of the Department.
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.
July 19, 1952, ch. 950, 66 Stat. 804 · 66 Stat. 804
Enacted · 35 U.S.C. § 164
July 19, 1952, ch. 950, 66 Stat. 804
Source evidence
Code source credit
July 19, 1952, ch. 950, 66 Stat. 804District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2000
Pub. L. 106–113 div. B § 1000(a)(9)(tIV)(s4732)(a)(10)(A) · 113 Stat. 1501
Amended · 35 U.S.C. § 164
Pub. L. 106–113, as amended by Pub. L. 107–273
Substituted · 35 U.S.C. § 164
Pub. L. 106–113, as substituted “Director” for “Commissioner” in two places
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 106–113, as amended by Pub. L. 107–273, substituted “Director” for “Commissioner” in two places.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.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. § 164
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),”.
1 of 4 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 3 partial
Notes
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on Title 35, U.S.C., 1946 ed., § 56a (May 23, 1930, ch. 312, § 4, 46 Stat. 376).
Language is changed.
Editorial Notes
Amendments1999–2002 · 2 rounds
2002
Pub. L. 107–273 made technical correction to directory language of Pub. L. 106–113. See 1999 Amendment note below.
1999
Pub. L. 106–113, as amended by Pub. L. 107–273, substituted “Director” for “Commissioner” in two places.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1999 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 106–113 effective 4 months after , see section 1000(a)(9) [title IV, § 4731] of Pub. L. 106–113, set out as a note under section 1 of this title.
Executive Documents
Transfer of Functions
For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of Agriculture, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of Agriculture, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1953, § 1, eff. , 18 F.R. 3219, 67 Stat. 633, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
Credits
1952–2002 · 3 acts
- 1952July 19, 1952, ch. 950, 66 Stat. 804
- 1999Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, § 1000(a)(9) [title IV, § 4732(a)(10)(A)], , 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A–582
- 2002Pub. L. 107–273, div. C, title III, § 13206(b)(1)(B), , 116 Stat. 1906.
Show as published
(July 19, 1952, ch. 950, 66 Stat. 804; Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, § 1000(a)(9) [title IV, § 4732(a)(10)(A)], , 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A–582; Pub. L. 107–273, div. C, title III, § 13206(b)(1)(B), , 116 Stat. 1906.)