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PUBLIC LAW 87-831-OCT. 15, 1962

[76 STAT.

Public Law 87-831 October IS, 1962 [H. R. 12513]

Patent interferences. Notice of settlement. 66 Stat. 801.

60 Stat. 243. 5 USC 1009.

AN ACT To provide for public notice of settlements in patent interferences, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 135 of title 35, United States Code, is amended by designating the first and second paragraphs thereof as subsections (a) and (b), respectively, and by adding thereto the following subsection: "(c) Any agreement or understanding between parties to an interference, including any collateral agreements referred to therein, made in connection with or in contemplation of the termination of the interference, shall be in writing and a true copy thereof filed in the Patent Office before the termination of the interference as between the said parties to the agreement or understanding. If any party filing the same so requests, the copy shall be kept separate from the file of the interference, and made available only to Government agencies on written request, or to any person on a showing of good cause. Failure to file the copy of such agreement or understanding shall render permanently unenforceable such agreement or understanding and any patent of such parties involved in the interference or any patent subsequently issued on any application of such parties so involved. The Commissioner may, however, on a showing of good cause for failure to file within the time prescribed, permit the filing of the agreement or understanding during the six-month period subsequent to the termination of the interference as between the parties to the agreement or understanding. "The Commissioner shall give notice to the parties or their attorneys of record, a reasonable time prior to said termination, of the filing requirement of this section. If the Commissioner gives such notice at a later time, irrespective of the right to file such agreement or understanding within the six-month period on a showing of good cause, the parties may file such agreement or understanding within sixty days of the receipt of such notice. "Any discretionary action of the Commissioner under this subsection shall be reviewable under section 10 of the Administrative Procedure Act." Approved October 15, 1962.

Public Law 87-832 October IS, 1962 [H. R. 946]

Oyster planters. Disaster loans. 75 Stat. 311. 7 USC 1961.

AN ACT To extend to oyster planters the benefits of the provisions of the present law which provide for production disaster loans for farmers and stockmen. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That subsection (b) of section 321 of the Consolidated Farmers Home Administration Act of 1961 is amended by striking out "farmers or ranchers" and inserting "farmers, ranchers, or oyster planters" and by striking out "farming or ranching" and inserting "farming, ranching, or oyster planting". Approved October 15, 1962.

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