PUBLIC LAW 107-273—NOV. 2, 2002 116 STAT. 1899 would be convicted of a Class A, B, or C felony, no term of juvenile delinquent supervision may continue beyond the juvenile's 26th birthday, and in any other case, no term of juvenile delinquent supervision may continue beyond the juvenile's 24th birthday.". TITLE III—INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Subtitle A—Patent and Trademark Office Patent and
ji • .. Trademark Office AUtnOriZatlOn Authorization Act of 2002. SEC. 13101. SHORT TITLE. This subtitle may be cited as the "Patent and Trademark Office Authorization Act of 2002". SEC. 13102. AUTHORIZATION OF AMOUNTS AVAILABLE TO THE PATENT 35 USC 42 note. AND TRADEMARK OFFICE. (a) IN GENERAL. —There are authorized to be appropriated to the United States Patent and Trademark Office for salaries and necessary expenses for each of the fiscal years 2003 through 2008 an amount equal to the fees estimated by the Secretary of Commerce to be collected in each such fiscal year, respectively, under— (1) title 35, United States Code; and (2) the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the registration and protection of trademarks used in commerce, to carry out the provisions of certain international conventions, and for other purposes", approved July 5, 1946 (15 U.S.C. 1051 et seq.) (commonly referred to as the Trademark Act of 1946). (b) ESTIMATES.— Not later than February 15, of each fiscal Deadline, year, the Undersecretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and the Director of the Patent and Trademark Office (in this subtitle referred to as the Director) shall submit an estimate of all fees referred to under subsection (a) to be collected in the next fiscal year to the chairman and ranking member of— (1) the Committees on Appropriations and Judiciary of the Senate; and (2) the Committees on Appropriations and Judiciary of the House of Representatives. SEC. 13103. ELECTRONIC FILING AND PROCESSING OF PATENT AND 35 USC 2 note. TRADEMARK APPLICATIONS. (a) ELECTRONIC FILING AND PROCESSING. —The Director shall. Deadline, beginning not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and during the 3-year period thereafter, develop an electronic system for the filing and processing of patent and trademark applications, that— (1) is user friendly; and (2) includes the necessary infrastructure— (A) to allow examiners and applicants to send all communications electronically; and (B) to allow the Office to process, maintain, and search electronically the contents and history of each application. (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Of amounts authorized under section 13102, there is authorized to be appropriated to carry out subsection (a) of this section not more than $50,000,000
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