H.R. 3114 · 111th Congress
To authorize the Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office to use funds made available under…
Full title
To authorize the Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office to use funds made available under the Trademark Act of 1946 for patent operations in order to avoid furloughs and reductions-in-force, and for other purposes.
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- House Introduced Jul 7, 2009
- House Passed Jul 7, 2009
- Senate Passed Jul 16, 2009
- President To the President Jul 27, 2009
- President Signed Aug 7, 2009
- Law Aug 7, 2009
Authorizes the Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to use funds made available for FY2009 under the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009 to support the processing of patents and other activities, services, and materials relating to patents, notwithstanding provisions restricting the use of such fees to activities relating trademark…
What it does: CRS summary · Public Law · Aug 7, 2009
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Authorizes the Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to use funds made available for FY2009 under the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009 to support the processing of patents and other activities, services, and materials relating to patents, notwithstanding provisions restricting the use of such fees to activities relating trademark registrations, provided the Director certifies to Congress that the use of such funds is reasonably necessary to avoid USPTO furloughs or a reduction-in-force, or both, and does not create a substantial risk of a furlough or reduction-in-force of personnel working in the Trademark Operation of the USPTO.
Requires the Director, on the exercise of that authority and notwithstanding any other law, to establish a surcharge on patent fees to repay any funds drawn down.
Terminates such authority on June 30, 2010. Requires: (1) the surcharge to begin no later than September 30, 2011; and (2) the funds so used to be repaid to trademark operations not later than September 30, 2014.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: To authorize the Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office to use funds made available under the Trademark Act of 1946 for patent operations in order to avoid furloughs and reductions-in-force, and for other purposes.
Latest action (Aug 7, 2009): Became Public Law No: 111-45.
Policy area: Commerce · Origin: House · Introduced: Jul 7, 2009
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
- House Introduced Jul 7, 2009
- House Passed Jul 7, 2009
- Senate Passed Jul 16, 2009
- President To the President Jul 27, 2009
- President Signed Aug 7, 2009
- Law Aug 7, 2009
No recorded floor vote found.