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13 entriesSection 22120Limits the article exclusively to platinum, iridium, palladium, ruthenium, rhodium, osmium, and the alloys of each of those metals. The provision defines…Section 22121Defines “quality mark” as any mark that describes, identifies, refers to, or appears to indicate the presence, quality, percentage, purity, or number…Section 22122Limits an article to one quality mark, applied in only one place, unless the article specifically permits otherwise. Requires every quality mark…Section 22123Limits a quality mark on an article made of a mechanism, works, or movements enclosed in a case or cover so that…Section 22124Limits the scope of a quality mark applied to an article by excluding springs, winding bars, sleeves, crown cores, mechanical joint pins,…Section 22125Limits a quality mark applied under the referenced provision so it does not cover pin tongues, joints, catches, specified button backs and…Section 22126Requires a person placing a quality mark directly on an article also to apply that person's federally applied-for or registered trademark. Allows…Section 22127Requires any number of parts or percentage used in a metal marking under the article to refer to weight rather than volume,…Section 22128Limits application of platinum-group quality marks to articles meeting detailed composition thresholds: “platinum” generally requires at least 985/1000 parts without solder or…Section 22129Allows the article's named precious metals, where abbreviations are permitted and except for the referenced specific exception, to be marked either by…Section 22130Allows a duly issued United States Treasury Department assay-office certificate to be received as evidence in an action enforcing the article. Establishes…Section 22131Establishes that, in an action enforcing the article, proof that an article was marked in violation of the article is prima facie…Section 22132Establishes a misdemeanor for making, selling, offering, disposing of, or possessing for sale or disposal an article bearing a nonconforming quality mark…