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 SIXTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cns. 273, 274. 1927. 1337 after such refusal; and the court having cognizanoe thereof, on notice *“°’*°'“’ °‘°°“"- to adverse parties and other due dpnroceedings had, may adjudge that such applicant is entitled, accor g to law to receive a platent for his invention as specified in his claim, or for andy part t ereof, as the facts in the case may appear. And such adju mation, if it be in ·d,¥:g;m,¤;¤ mggrgg favor of the right of the applicant, shall authorize the commissioner applicant. to issue such patent on the applicant filing in the Patent Oiiice a copy of the adfudication and otherwise comp  _with the requirements of law. ‘ n all cases where there is no opposing part acopy of the bill shall be served onthe commissioner; an all the expenses of the_ proceedings shall be paid by the applicant, whether the final - decision is in his favor or not. In all suits brought hereunder where “_$**““*“”‘°“°"°°°""· there are adverse parties the record in the Patent Office shall be ` admitted in whole or in part, on motion of either party, subject to such terms and conditions as to costs, expenses, and the further cross-examination of the witnesses as the court may impose, without prejudice, however, to the right of the parties to take further testimony. The testimony an exhibtigé or Harte thereof, of the ,,,*{{°,§,°§¤§f,’,§Y“°‘ “ record in the Patent Ollice whenadmi sha have the same force and effect as if originally taken and 1·oduced in the suit, Sno. 12. That section 4.918 of the hsviseastatntes or the United §‘,*:.,“°.";*£;.¥.‘;;?.:._ States be amended to change the phrase “may adjudge and declare mi; §£d¤¤¢· *91*% v- 951- either of the patents void m who. e or in Kart? to read as follows: ` " may adjudge and declare either or bot of the patents void in whole or in Tgart, upon any ground." ‘ ‘ F Sno. 13. at section 4934 of the Revised Statutes of the United a°i°¤i.',»e.e¤s4,p.os4. States be amended by  out the following words: " On an ,_,df4°“°’p'1°°°'°m°”d' appeal for the first time from the primary examiners to the 0¤ 1 ¤¤v¤¤1» i¤· examiners in chief, $10. On every appeal from the examiners in ' chief to the commissioner, $20," and substituting therefor the words " on an appeal for the first time from the primary examiners to the board of appeals, $15. On every a pea from the examiner of interferences to the board of appeals, §25." Smc. 14. That where the day, or the last day, fixed by statute for d,1;§}’§‘,§‘§¤‘§,,§§"f;°¥ taking an action or paying any fee in the United States Patent ¤<>¤d¤Y*¤°*¤D*=*¤°*- Ohice fallh on Sunday, or on a holiday within the `District of Columbia, the action may be taken, or the fee paid, on the next succeeding secular or business day. - · ` Sno. %5.bThat  Act shdall ’ take egcs; two mcggths agtzir its m;;§fb(§;:°°';°;1’; t;'° a rova · ut it . not a ect appea en pen ' an _ ear mm {P ·° °· bgfhre thb examiners in chief or pending before the Cgommissioner mt of Patents or in the Court of Agpealso the District of Columbia, and that in all cases in which t e time for appeal from a decision of the examiners in chief or of the Commissioner of Patents or for amendment or renewal of agplieation had not expiredat the time this Act takes eifect, appea and other proceedings maybe taken under thestatutes in force at the time of approval of this Act as if such statutes had not been amended or repea ed. Approved, March 2, 1927., - mma z, mv. cnn. 274.-An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the stm of ina:.  ana, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across ’ ' the Ohio River, and permitting the State of Kentucky to act Jointly with the State of Indiana in the construction, maintenance, and operation of said bridge. Be it enacted by the Senate amd House of Repieaentativea of the 0,1,0 mw United States of America in Oongress assembled, That the consent Indiana mdy mags, of Congress is hereby granted to the State of Indiana, acting by and °° E"”"m°‘ through its State hig way commission, its successors and assigns,