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35 U.S.C. § 4742

U.S. CodeFederalPositive Law
EXERCISE OF AUTHORITIES.
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Title
35 — Patents
Chapter
PTI/CH1
Release
119-84
Release Date
2026-04-17

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“Except as otherwise provided by law, a Federal official to whom a function is transferred by this subtitle may, for purposes of performing the function, exercise all authorities under any other provision of law that were available with respect to the performance of that function to the official responsible for the performance of the function immediately before the effective date of the transfer of the function under this subtitle.

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