Certificates of registration shall be issued in the name of the United States under the seal of the Office of the Administrator and shall be recorded in the official records of the Office.  The certificate shall state the name of the useful article, the date of filing of the application, the date of registration, and the date the design was made public, if earlier than the date of filing of the application, and shall contain a reproduction of the drawing or other pictorial representation of the design.  If a description of the salient features of the design appears in the application, the description shall also appear in the certificate.  A certificate of registration shall be admitted in any court as prima facie evidence of the facts stated in the certificate.

Section 1315.  Publication of announcements and indexes

(a) Publications of the Administrator.  The Administrator shall publish lists and indexes of registered designs and cancellations of designs and may also publish the drawings or other pictorial representations of registered designs for sale or other distribution.

(b) File of Representatives of Registered Designs.  The Administrator shall establish and maintain a file of the drawings or other pictorial representations of registered designs.  The file shall be available for use by the public under such conditions as the Administrator may prescribe.

Section 1316.  Fees

The Administrator shall by regulation set reasonable fees for the filing of applications to register designs under this chapter and for other services relating to the administration of this chapter, taking into consideration the cost of providing these services and the benefit of a public record.

Section 1317.  Regulations

The Administrator may establish regulations for the administration of this chapter.

Section 1318.  Copies of records

Upon payment of the prescribed fee, any person may obtain a certified copy of any official record of the Office of the Administrator that relates to this chapter.  That copy shall be admissible in evidence with the same effect as the original.

Section 1319.  Correction of errors in certificates

The Administrator may, by a certificate of correction under seal, correct any error in a registration incurred through the fault of the Office, or, upon payment of the required fee, any error of a clerical or typographical nature occurring in good faith but not through the fault of the Office.  Such registration, together with the certificate, shall thereafter have the same effect as if it had been originally issued in such corrected form.

Section 1320.  Ownership and transfer [5]