Access to Records

18 U.S.C. §2071

Concealment, removal, or mutilation generally.

(a)

Whoever willfully and unlawfully conceals, removes,

mutilates, obliterates, or destroys, or attempts to do so, or, with intent to do so

takes and carries away any record, proceeding, map, book, paper, document, or other

thing, filed or deposited with any clerk or officer of any court of the United States,

or in any public office, or with any judicial or public officer of the United States,

shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.

(b)

Whoever, having the custody of any such record, proceeding,

map, book, document, paper, or other thing, willfully and unlawfully conceals, removes,

mutilates, obliterates, falsifies, or destroys the same, shall be fined under this title

or imprisoned not more than three years, or both; and shall forfeit his office and be

disqualified from holding any office under the United States.  As used in this

subsection, the term "office" does not include the office held by any person as a

retired officer of the Armed Forces of the United States.

37 C.F.R.

Except as provided in paragraph (e) of this section, access

to the file of a particular pending application will be permitted prior to publication

under § 2.80 upon written request.

37 C.F.R.

Except as provided in paragraph (e) of this section, the

official records of applications and all proceedings relating thereto are available for

public inspection and copies of the documents may be furnished upon payment of the fee

required by § 2.6.

37 C.F.R.

Anything ordered to be filed under seal pursuant to a

protective order issued or made by any court or by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board

in any proceeding involving an application or registration shall be kept confidential

and shall not be made available for public inspection or copying unless otherwise

ordered by the court or the Board, or unless the party protected by the order

voluntarily discloses the matter subject thereto

eal pursuant to a

protective order issued or made by any court or by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board

in any proceeding involving an application or registration shall be kept confidential

and shall not be made available for public inspection or copying unless otherwise

ordered by the court or the Board, or unless the party protected by the order

voluntarily discloses the matter subject thereto.  When possible, only confidential

portions of filings with the Board shall be filed under seal.

In order to inspect the contents of a trademark application or

registration record, it is not necessary to show good cause or to have a power to inspect

from the applicant or registrant.