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 74TH CONGRESS. SESS. 11. CHS. 594, 595. JUNE 19, 1936. [CHAPTER 594 .] AN ACT To effectuate certain provisions of the International Convention for the Protec- tion of Indus tria l Pr oper ty as rev ised at The Hague on Nove mber 6, 1925 . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 4887 of the Revised Statutes (U . S. C ., title 35, sec . 32) be amended to read as follows "No person otherwise entitled thereto shall be debarred from receivi ng a paten t for his invention or discove ry, nor sh all any pa tent be declared invalid by reason of its hav ing been first patented or caused to be patented by the inventor or his legal representatives or assigns in a foreign country, unless the application for said foreign patent was filed more than twelve months, in cases within the provi- sions of section 4886 of the Revised Statutes, and six months in cases of designs, prior to the filing of the application in this country, in which case no patent shall be granted in this country . "An application for patent for an invention or discovery or for a design filed in this country by any person who has previously regularly filed an application for a patent for the same invention, discovery, or design in a foreign country which, by treaty, conven- tion, or law, affords similar privileges to citizens of the United States shall have the same force and effect as the same application would have if filed in this country on the date on which the application for patent for the same invention, discovery, or design was first filed in such foreign country : Provided, That the application in this country is filed within twelve months in cases within the provisions of sec- tion 4886 of the Revised Statutes, and within six months in cases of designs, from the earliest date on which any such foreign application was filed. But no patent shall be granted on an application for patent for an invention or discovery or a design which 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 for more than two years prior to such filing ." Approved, June 19, 1936 . [CHAPTER 595 .] June 19, 1936 . [S.1795.] [Public, No.694.] 152 9 Patents. R.S.,sec . 4887, p. 94 6; U.S. C., P. 1595. Inv enti ons, etc ., pre- viously patented ab road . R.S.,sec.4886,p. 946; U. S. C., p. 1595. Application filed in this country previously filed in a foreign coun- try granti ng rec iprocal privileges . Pro viso . Inve ntion s pat ents . ble ; time limitation . Designs . R.S.,sec. 4886, p. 946 ; U. S. C., p. 1595. Exce ption . AN ACT June 19, 1936 . To exte nd the ti mes for c ommencing and compl eting the construc tion of a bridge 	[S. 4461 .] acr oss the Miss ouri Rive r at or near Brow nvil le, Nebr aska . [Public, No .695.1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the times for commencing and completing the construction of the bridge across the Missouri River, at or near Brownvill e, Nebraska, authorized to be built by the county of Atchison, State of Missouri, and the county of Nemaha, State of Nebraska, singly or jointly, by section 18 of the Act of Congress approved August 30, 1935, are hereby extended one and three years, respectively, from the date of approval hereof. SEC. 2 . The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, June 19, 1936. Missouri River. Time extend ed for bridging, at Brow n- vil le, Nebr. Ante, p. 1068 . Amendment.