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PUBLIC LAW 665-AUG. 26, 1954

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received in repayment of principal and interest on any loan made under this section shall be held by the Treasury to be used for such purposes, including further loans, as may be authorized from time to time by Congress. Amounts received in repayment of principal and interest on any credits made under paragraph 111 (c)(2) of 22 USC \5o'9(c) ^h® Economic Cooperation Act of 1948, as amended, shall be (2). deposited into miscellaneous receipts of the Treasury, except that, to the extent required for such purpose, amounts received in repayment of principal and interest on any credits made out of funds realized from the sale of notes heretofore authorized to be issued for the purpose of financing assistance on a credit basis under paragraph 111 (c)(2) of the Economic Cooperation Act of 1948, as amended, shall be deposited into the Treasury for the purpose of the retirement of such notes. SEC. 506. PATENTS AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION.—(a) As used in this section— (1) the term "invention" means an invention or discovery covered by a patent issued by the United States; and (2) the term "information" means information originated by or peculiarly within the knowledge of the owner thereof and those in privity with him, which is not available to the public and is subject to protection as property under recognized legal principles. (b) T\^enever, in connection with the furnishing of any assistance in furtherance of the purposes of this Act— (1) use within the United States, without authorization by the owner, shall be made of an invention; or (2) damage to the owner shall result from the disclosure of information by reason of acts of the United States or its officers or employees, the exclusive remedy of the owner of such invention or information shall be by suit against the United States in the Court of Claims or in the District Court of the United States for the district in which such owner is a resident for reasonable and entire compensation for unauthorized use or disclosure. I n any such suit the United States may avail itself of any and all defenses, general or special, that might be pleaded by any defendant in a like action. (c) Before such suit against the United States has been instituted, the head of the appropriate United States Government agency, which has furnished any assistance in furtherance of the purposes of this Act, is authorized and empowered to enter into an agreement with the claimant, in full settlement and compromise of any claim against the United States hereunder. (d) The provisions of the last sentence of section 1498 of title 28 66 Stat. 757. of the United States Code shall apply to inventions and information covered by this section. (e) Except as otherwise provided by law, no recovery shall be had for any infringement of a patent committed more than six years prior to the filing of the complaint or counterclaim for infringement in the action, except that the period between the date of receipt by the Government of a written claim under subsection (c) above for compensation for infringement of a patent and the date of mailing by the Government of a notice to the claimant that his claim has been denied shall not be counted as part of the six years, unless suit is brought before the last-mentioned date. SEC. 507. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Except as otherwise provided

in sections 104 (pertaining to infrastructure), 405 (pertaining to movement of migrants), 408 (a) (pertaining to North Atlantic Treaty Organization), and 412 (pertaining to Chinese and Korean students),

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