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 376 SEV ENTY -FIRS T C ONGRESS. SEss. II. CH. 312. 1930. May 23, 1930. CHAP. 312 .-An Act To provide for plant patents. [S. 4015 .]	[Public, No .245 .] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Patents. United States of Ame ric a in Congress a ssem ble d, That sections 4884 and 4886 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (U . S . C ., title 35, sets. 40 and 31), are amended to read as follows Title of invention "SEC, 4884 . Every patent shall contain a short title or description and term of grants to be given . of the invention or discovery, correctly indicating its nature and e c .4884,p .945, amended . see . a design, and a grant to the patentee, his heirs or assigns, for the term u.S, C.,p.1168. . of seventeen years, of the exclusive right to make, use, and vend added t reproduction the invention or discovery (including in the case of a plant patent the e xclu sive right to asexu ally repr oduce the plan t) th rough out the United States and the Territories thereof, referring to the sp ecification for the particulars the reof . A copy of the specific ation and drawings shall be annexed to the patent and be a part thereof . Inv entions pa tent - tt SEC . 4886. Any person who has invented or discovered any new able, uction g ing plant and useful art, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or reproduction vol. 29, p. 692. any new and useful improvements thereof, or who has invented or R.S.,sec. 4886, p.946, amended. discovered and asexually reproduced any distinct and new variety u.S. C.,p. 1167. of plant, other than a tuber-propagated plant, not known or used by others in this country, before his invention or discovery thereof, and not patented or described in any printed publication in this or any foreign country, before his invention or discovery thereof, or more than two years prior to his application, and not in public use or on sale in this country for more than two years prior to his application, unless the same is proved to have been abandoned, may, upon payment of the fees required by law, and other due proceed- ing had, obtain a patent therefor ." ofapp lcc requ irem ent s s SEC. 2 . Section 4888 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (U . S . Vol, 38,p .959,amend- C., title 35, sec . 33), is amended by adding at the end thereof the R . S., see. 48S8, p.946. following sentence : " No plant patent shall be declared invalid on u. S. C.,p.1167. the ground of noncompliance with this section if the description is made as complete as is reasonably possible ." SEc. 3. The first sentence of section 4892 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (U. S. C., title 35, sec . 35), is amended to read as follows Oath required of ap- "SEc. 4892 . The applicant shall make oath that he does verily pli~t sec 4892, p. 947, believe himself to be the original and first inventor or discoverer of R .3., . amendedW the art, machine, manufacture, composition, or improvement, or Vol . 32'ppi 226 . of the variety of plant, for which he solicits a patent ; that he does not know and does not believe that the same was ever before known or used ; and shall state of what country he is a citizen ." Information to be fur- SEc . 4 . The President may by Executive order direct the Secre- of Paents . ommissioner tary of Agriculture (1) to furnish the Commissioner of Patents such available information of the Department of Agriculture, or (2) to conduct through the appropriate bureau or division of the depart- ment such research upon special problems, or (3) to detail to the Commissioner of Patents such officers and employees of the depart- ment, as the commissioner may request for the purposes of carrying this Act into effect . dPlant ed hithe to tofstub- SEc. 5. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Act, no jet to patent . Variety of plant which has been introduced to the public prior to the approval of this Act shall be subject to patent . Invalidity of any SEc . 6 . If any provision of this Act is declared unconstitutional not to affe trema derofA t , or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of the Act and the application thereof to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby. Approved, May 23, 1930. 1

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