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reputable or who refuses to comply with the said rules and regulations, or who 

 shall with intent to defraud in any manner, deceive, mislead or threaten any 

 applicant or prospective applicant, or other person having immediate or pros- 

 pective business before the office by word, circular, letter or by advertising. 

 But the reasons for any such suspension or exclusion shall be duly recorded, 

 and the action of the Commissioner may be reviewed upon the petition of the 

 person so refused recognition, by the Supreme Court of the District of Colum- 

 bia, under such conditions and upon such proceedings had as the court may by- 

 its rules determine." 



SEC. 11. That the Act of January 12, 1895, ch. 23, Sec. 73; 28 Stat. L., 619, 

 as amended, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: 



"The Commissioner of Patents is authorized to continue the printing of the 

 following: 



First. The patents for inventions and designs issued by the Patent and 

 Trade-mark Office, including grants, specifications and drawings, together 

 with copies of the same, and of patents already issued, in such number as may 

 be needed for the business of the Office. 



Second. The certificates of trade-marks and labels registered in the Patent 

 and Trade-mark Office, including descriptions and drawings, together with 

 copies of the same, and of trade-marks and labels heretofore registered, in 

 such numbers as may be needed for the business of the Office. 



Third. The Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trade-mark 

 Office in numbers sufficient to supply all who shall subscribe therefor at five 

 dollars per annum ; also for exchange for other scientific publications desirable 

 for the use of the Patent and Trade-mark Office; also to supply one copy to 

 each Senator, Representative, and Delegate in Congress; also to supply one 

 copy to eight such public libraries having over one thousand volumes, exclu- 

 sive of Government publications, as shall be designated by each Senator, Rep- 

 resentative, and Delegate in Congress, with one hundred additional copies, 

 together with bi-monthly and annual indexes for all the same; of the Official 

 Gazette, the 'usual number' shall not be printed. 



Fourth. The Report of the Commissioner of Patents for the fiscal year, 

 not exceeding five hundred in number, for distribution by him; the Annual 

 Report of the Commissioner of Patents to Congress, without the list of patents, 

 not exceeding one thousand five hundred in number, for distribution by him; 

 and of the Annual Report of the Commissioner of Patents to Congress, with 

 the list of patents, five hundred copies for sale by him, if needed, and in addi- 

 tion thereto the 'usual number' only shall be printed. 



Fifth. Pamphlet copies of the rules of practice, pamphlet copies of the 

 patent laws, and pamphlet copies of the laws and rules relating to trade-marks 

 and labels, and circulars relating to the business of the Office, all in such num- 

 bers as may be needed for the business of the Office. The 'usual number 1 

 shall not be printed. 



