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 105 STAT. 1642 PUBLIC LAW 102-204—DEC. 10, 1991 (3) the term "Commissioner" means the Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks; and (4) the term "patent information" means a complete and exact facsimile of a patent or patent application, including the text and all images contained therein (such as drawings, diagrams, formulas, and tables). (b) INFORMATION DISSEMINATION PROGRAM.—No later than January 1, 1992, the Commissioner shall establish a demonstration program which shall make patent information available in accordance with the provisions of this section, through October 1, 1992. The Commissioner shall produce master CD-ROMs containing classified patent information and provide copies of them to the public for purchase. (c) INFORMATION TO BE DISSEMINATED. — The patent information that shall be disseminated pursuant to this section shall be patent information in the possession of the Commissioner in computer readable form, including information on selected subclasses of United States patents, as determined by the Commissioner. (d) FEES. —The Commissioner shall establish fees for the purchase of CD-ROMs, at a rate sufficient to recover the estimated average marginal cost of producing and processing purchase orders for copies of master CD-ROMs. (e) REPORT.—On the date that is 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act the Commissioner shall submit to Congress a report on the implementation of this section. SEC. 12. DEFINITION. For purposes of this Act, the "Trademark Act of 1946" refers to the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the registration and protection of trademarks used in commerce, to carry out the provision of certain international conventions, and for other purposes", approved July 5, 1946 (15 U.S.C. 1051 and following). SEC. 13. EFFECTIVE DATE. Federal This Act takes effect on the date of the enactment of this Act, ouWication except that the fees established by the amendment made by section 35 USC 41 note. ^(^) shall take effect on or after 1 day after such fees are published in the Federal Register. Approved December 10, 1991. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 3531: HOUSE REPORTS: No. 102-382 (Comm. on the Judiciary). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 137 (1991): Nov. 25, considered and passed House. Nov. 27, considered and passed Senate.

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