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PART IIIGeneral

Provisions as to Registers' and other Documents in Patent Office

68Privilege of reports of examiners

Reports of examiners made under this Act shall not in any case be published or be open to public inspection, and shall not be liable to production or inspection in any legal proceeding, unless the court or officer having power to order discovery in such legal proceeding certifies that such production or inspection is desirable in the interests of justice, and ought to be allowed.