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 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [61 STAT. model, to continue such working, or the right of those bona fide in possession of patents and applica- tions for patents, designs, or models, or their agents or licensees before August 8, 1946, to use the inventions covered by such patents or applications for patents or designs and models. ARTICLE IV Durationofpatents. The duration of patents ob- tained pursuant to the present Agreement by nationals of each of the two countries shall not exceed twenty years from the day of the first application filed. Annal taxes. The dates on which annual taxes are due under the laws of France shall remain unchanged. Nothing in the present Agree- ment shall be construed to extend the time for filing requests for extensions of the duration of patents authorized by the French law concerning exceptional ex- tension of the duration of patents on account of the war. ARTICLE V Nationals of the United States of America may pay up to August 7, 1947: 1. those annual taxes for pat- ents which could have been paid on September 8, 1939, accom- panied by any additional delay fee due on that date, and 2. the annual taxes due since September 8, 1939, without any additional delay fees, and in such tion des demandes formul6es en application de l'Article II. Ces brevets d'invention, dessins ou modeles, ne pourront d'autre part affecter les droits acquis avant le 8 aoit 1946, par les d6tenteurs de bonne foi de brevets d'invention, de demandes de brevets, de dessins et modeles ou par leurs ayants- droit, d'exploiter les inventions prot6g6es par de tels brevets, de- mandes de brevets ou de dessins et modeles. ARTICLE IV La dur6e de validit6 des brevets d'invention delivr6s en applica- tion du present Accord aux res- sortissants de chacun des deux pays ne pourra exc6der vingt ann6es, a compter dujourdudep6t de la premiere demande. Les dates normales d'6ch6ance des annuit6s prevues par les lois frangaises resteront inchang6es. Pour l'application des disposi- tions sp6ciales autoris6es par les lois frangaises relatives a la pro- longation exceptionnelle de la dur6e du brevet d'invention, du fait de la guerre, le pr6sent Accord ne pourra etre considdr6 comme prolongeant les d6lais impartis aux interesses pour formuler leurs demandes. ARTICLE V Les ressortissants des Etats- Unis d'Am6rique pourront, jus- qu'au 7 aout 1947, acquitter: lo. accompagnees du montant de la taxe supplementaire de re- tard due au 8 septembre 1939, les taxes d'annuit6 des brevets d'invention qui pouvaient encore etre valablement acquittees a la date ci-dessus; 20. sans taxe supplementaire, les annuites echues depuis le 8 septembre 1939. Dans ces deux 3318

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