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 1226 F IFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. Il. Ch. 1019. 1903. printed publication in this or any forei n country more than two years before the date of the actual filing of Ric application in this country, or which had been in public use, or on sale in this country for more than two years prior to such ii1ing;" so that the section so amended shall read: ` ,0};g;§;gQ,§1g;;{;*0${g “Sec. 4897. No person otherwise entitled thereto shall be debarred bar issue. from receiving a patent for his invention or discovery, nor shall any . E‘“°*"l°'“‘ patent be declared invalid by reason of its havin been first patented or caused to be patented by the inventor or his iegal representatives rmms. or assigns in a foreign country, unless the application for said foreign nesizns. patent was filed more than twelve months, in cases within the pro- R'S"s°°'488°’P`°4°’ visions of section forty-eight hundred and eighty-six of the Revised Statutes, and four months in cases of designs, prior to the tiling of the application in this country, in which case no patent shall be granted A ]_ u in this country._ · _ _ me,f*‘§,‘}“,,,{’,}‘“,§§’,,,l,?§ ‘fAn apphcation for patent for an invention or d1scovery or for a ¤¤¤¤¢b¤· design ii ed in this country by any person who has previously regu- · larly filed an ap lication for a patent or the same invention, discovery, · or design in a fhrei country which, by treaty, convention, or law, affords similar privifenges to citizens of the United States shall have the same force and effect as the same application would have if tiled in this country on the date on which the ap lication for patent for the same invention, discovery, or design was hrst filed in such foreign country, provided the application in this country is filed within twelve months in cases within the provisions of section forty-eight hundred m- designs within and eighty-six of the Revised Statutes, and within four months in ‘°“"“°“"”‘ cases of designs, from the earliest date on which any such foreign Exwptbn. application was  But no patent shall be granted on an ap lication for patent for an invention or discovery ora design wind had been patented or described in a printed publication in this or any foreign country more than two years before the date of the actual filing of the application in this country, or which had been in public use or on sale in this country fo1‘ more than two years (prior to such filing." R.s.,se¤.4ss2,p.s4·r. Sec. 2. That section forty-eight hundred an ninety-two of the ‘“"°“"°“· Revised Statutes is amended by inserting] after the words "notary public" the words *‘judge or magistrate aving an official seal and authorized to administer oaths," and by adding at the end thereof the words “whose authority shall be proved by certificate of a diplomatic or consular officer of the United States;" so that the section so amended shall read: oem requnediwm "Sm0. 4892. The ap licant shall make oath that he does verily °‘*’*’"°"‘"‘ believe himself to be the original and first inventor or discoverer of the art, machine, manufacture, composition, or improvement for which he solicits a patent; that he does not know and oes not believe that the same was ever before known or used; and shall state of what rsisqns authorized country he is a citizen. Such oathniay be made before any person }Q,’;€,{;',¥{.‘§§f,{,fQ” "‘ within the United States authorized by law to administer oat s, or, when the a plicant resides in a foreign country, before any minister, charge d’atg1res, consul, or commercial agent holding commission under the Government of the United States, or before any notary ublic, judge, or magistrate having an official seal and authorized) to administer oaths in the foreign country in which the a plicant may csymime or su- be, whose authority shall be proved by certificate of a diplomatic or °‘°“"‘ consular officer of the United States." ” k.s..sec.·m6,i>.¤>47. Sec. 3. That section forty-eight hundred and ninety-six of the °”‘°"d°d‘ Revised Statutes is amended by adding thereto the followin sentence; “ The executor or administrator duly authorized under thedaw of any foreign count to administer upon the estate of the deceased inventor shall, in case ge said inventor was not domiciled in the United States at the time of his death, have the right to apply for and obtain the