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15 U.S.C. § 47

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(a) All applications for registration pending in the Patent Office at the effective date of this Act [July 5, 1947] may be amended, if practicable, to bring them under the provisions of this Act [this chapter]. The prosecution of such applications so amended and the grant of registrations thereon shall be proceeded with in accordance with the provisions of this Act [this chapter]. If such amendments are not made, the prosecution of said applications shall be proceeded with and registrations thereon granted in accordance with the Acts under which said applications were filed, and said Acts are hereby continued in force to this extent and for this purpose only, notwithstanding the foregoing general repeal thereof.“(b) In any case in which an appeal is pending before the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals or any United States Circuit Court of Appeals or the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia or the United States Supreme Court at the effective date of this Act [July 5, 1947], the court, if it be of the opinion that the provisions of this Act [this chapter] are applicable to the subject matter of the appeal, may apply such provision or may remand the case to the Commissioner [now Director] or to the district court for the taking of additional evidence or a new trial or for reconsideration of the decision on the record as made, as the appellate court may deem proper.”
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1947–2025 · leading case: Fed. Trade Comm'n v. Cement Inst., 333 U.S. 683 (1948).
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Fed. Trade Comm'n v. Cement Inst., 333 U.S. 683 (1948). · cites it 3× “[20] To this end it provided in § 7 of the Act, 15 U.S.C. § 47 , that courts might, if it should be concluded that the Government was entitled to *727 a decree in an antitrust case, refer that case "to the commission, as a master in chancery, to ascertain and report an…”
Int'l Salt Co. v. United States, 332 U.S. 392 (1947). · cites it 2× “717 , 722, 15 U.S.C. § 47 .) And so I would remand the case to the District Court.”
Fed. Trade Comm'n v. Ruberoid Co., 343 U.S. 470 (1952). · cites it 2× “722 , 15 U. S. C. § 47 . [6] Federal Trade Comm'n v.”
Gwynne A. Wilcox v. Donald J. Trump (D.C. Cir. 2025). “at 722 (codified at 15 U.S.C. § 47 ). For our purposes, “what matters is the set of powers the Court considered as the basis for its decision” in Humphrey’s Executor.”
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