35 U.S.C. § 9
Section 9 · Certified copies of records
This is § 10 of the Patent Act of 1952
Amended 3 times on record
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Royal Typewriter Co. v. Remington Rand, Inc. (1948)
Most recently applied in Ezaki Gliko Kabushiki Kaisha v. Lotte International America Co (October 2020)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
The Director may furnish certified copies of specifications and drawings of patents issued by the Patent and Trademark Office, and of other records available either to the public or to the person applying therefor.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on Title 35, U.S.C., 1946 ed., §14 (Mar. 3, 1891, ch. 541, §1 (part), 26 Stat. 908, 940).
Reference to other records is added. The fee for certification is omitted as it appears in the table of fees.
Prior Provisions
A prior section 9 was renumbered section 8 of this title.
Amendments
1999—Pub. L. 106–113 renumbered section 10 of this title as this section and substituted “Director” for “Commissioner”.
1975—Pub. L. 93–596 substituted “Patent and Trademark Office” for “Patent Office”.
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, §4731] of Pub. L. 106–113, set out as a note under section 1 of this title.
Effective Date of 1975 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 93–596 effective Jan. 2, 1975, see section 4 of Pub. L. 93–596, set out as a note under section 1111 of Title 15, Commerce and Trade.