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 60 STAT.] UNITED KINGDOM-PENICILLIN-JAN. 25, 1946 ARTICLE III Disposition of Patents (a) The Government of the United States will decide whether or not discoveries and inventions made by the American Participants shall be the subject of patent applications anywhere in the world. (b) The Government of the United Kingdom will decide whether or not discoveries and inventions made by the British Participants shall be the subject of completed patent applications in Great Britain or of patent applications in any other country. (c) The Government of the United States will appraise and deter- mine the value of the contributions made by both the American Par- ticipants and the British Participants to discoveries and inventions covered by United States Patents. (d) The Government of the United Kingdom will appraise and determine the value of the contributions made by both the American Participants and the British Participants to discoveries and inven- tions covered by British Patents. (e) The Governments of the United States and the United Kingdom will jointly appraise and determine the value of the contributions made by both the American Participants and the British Participants to discoveries and inventions covered by Foreign Patents. (f) The Government of the United States will, after consultation with the Government of the United Kingdom, determine as between all Participants, whether British or American, on the basis of the relative value of their contributions to discoveries and inventions covered by United States Patents, the disposition of the title to and the rights in and under any and all such United States Patents. The Government of the United Kingdom will accept these determinations as its own and take all such action as may be necessary to make these determinations fully effective with regard to British Participants. (g) The Government of the United Kingdom will, after consulta- tion with the Government of the United States, determine as between all Participants, whether British or American, on the basis of the relative value of their contributions to discoveries and inventions covered by British Patents, the disposition of the title to, and the rights in and under, any and all such British Patents. The Govern- ment of the United States will accept these determinations as its own and take all action that may be necessary to make these determi- nations fully effective with regard to American Participants. (h) The Government of the United States and the Government of the United Kingdom will jointly determine as between all Partici- pants, whether British or American, on the basis of the relative value of their contributions to discoveries and inventions covered by For- eign Patents, the disposition of the title to, and the rights in and under, any and all such Foreign Patents. It is recognized by both Governments that, to the extent consistent with the principles of dis- position set forth in this agreement and in the contracts between the Government of the United States and the American Participants, 1489 Patent application. Determination o value of contribu- tions. Determination of disposition of title to and rights in patents.

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