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Legislative IP Acts (LIPA) / History Archive

The Patent Act of 1952

• Overview of Title 35 of the United States Code
  
• Amendments To The Patent Act Of 1952 In Chronological Order Of Enactment
  

• Congressional Committee Hearings Index, pp. 1114-1115
• Proposed revision and amendment of the patent laws, preliminary draft with notes, House Committee on The Judiciary, January 10, 1950
• H.R. 9133 - House Bill to revise Title 35 July 17, 1950
• H.R. 3760 - House Bill to revise Title 35, April 18, 1951
• H.R. 7794 - House Bill to revise Title 35 May 12, 1952
• H.R. 7794 - House Report Subcommittee on Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights of the Committee of the Judiciary, May 12, 1952
• H.R. 7794 - Senate Bill to revise Title 35, June 27, 1952
• S.R. 82-1979, Senate Report Subcommittee on Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights of the Committee of the Judiciary , June 27, 1952 [html]
• Act of July 19, 1952, Pub. L. No. 82-593, 1952 U.S.C.C.A.N (66 Stat. 792) : An Act to revise and codify the laws relating to patents and the Patent Office and to enact the laws into titles 35 of the United States Code.

• Title and Contents
• 13 June 1951 testimony
• 14 June 1951 testimony
• 15 June morning session
• 15 June 1951 afternoon session
• June 1951 testimony appendix

• Congressional Record Index
• Congressional Record - Senate
• Congressional Record - House

• Commentary on the New Patent Act ('The Federico Commentary') P.J. Federico
• The Principles of Patentability Giles S. Rich
  
• The New 1952 Patent Statute Karl B. Lutz
  
• A New Patent Act - But the Same Basic Problem Dean O.S. Colclough
  
• The New Patent Act and the presumption of Validity H.F. Harmann
  
• The New United States Patent Act in Light of Comparative Law Stefan A. Riesenfeld
  
• Reissues and the Patent Act of 1952
  
• Efforts to Establish a Statutory Standard of Invention - Study of the Subcommittee on Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights of the Committee of the Judiciary, Study Number 7, 1958