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upon conviction, be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than two years, or both. § 187. Nonapplicability to certain persons The prohibitions and penalties of this chapter shall not apply to any officer or agent of the United States acting within the scope of his authority, nor to any person acting upon his written instructions or permission. § 188. Rules and regulations, delegation of power The Atomic Energy Commission, the Secretary of a defense department, the chief officer of any other department or agency of the Government designated by the President as a defense agency of the United States, and the Secretary of Commerce, may separately issue rules and regulations to enable the respective department or agency to carry out the provisions of this chapter, and may delegate any power conferred by this chapter.

PART III—PATENTS AND PROTECTION OF PATENT RIGHTS CHAFTBB 25. AMENDMENT AND CORRECTION OF P A T E N T S 26. O W N E R S H I P AND ASSIGNMENT 27. GOVERNMENT INTERESTS I N P A T E N T S 28. INFRINGEMENT OF P A T E N T S 29. R E M E D I E S FOR INFRINGEMENT OF P A T E N T AND OTHER ACTIONS

Sec. 251 261 266 271 281

CHAPTER 25—AMENDMENT AND CORRECTION OF PATENTS Sec. 251. 252. 253. 254. 255. 256.

Reissue of defective patents. Effect of reissue. Disclaimer. Certificate of correction of P a t e n t Office mistake. Certificate of correction of applicant's mistake. Misjoinder of inventor.

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§251. Reissue of defective patents Whenever any patent is, through error without any deceptive intention, deemed wholly or partly inoperative or invalid, by reason of a defective specification or drawing, or by reason of the patentee claiming more or less than he had a right to claim in the patent, the Commissioner shall, on the surrender of such patent and the payment of the fee required by law, reissue the patent for the invention disclosed in the original patent, and in accordance with a new and amended application, for the unexpired part of the term of the original patent. No new matter shall be introduced into the application for reissue. The Commissioner may issue several reissued patents for distinct and separate parts of the thing patented, upon demand of the applicant, and upon payment of the required fee for a reissue for each of such reissued patents. The provisions of this title relating to applications for patent shall be applicable to applications for reissue of a patent, except that application for reissue may be made and sworn to by the assignee of the entire interest if the application does not seek to enlarge the scope of the claims of the original patent. No reissued patent shall be granted enlarging the scope of the claims of the original patent unless applied for within two years from the grant of the original patent. §252. Effect of reissue The surrender of the original patent shall take effect upon the issue of the reissued patent, and every reissued patent shall have the same effect and operation in law, on the trial of actions for causes thereafter arising, as if the same had been originally granted in such

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