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 98 STAT. 3388

PUBLIC LAW 98-622—NOV. 8, 1984 TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS

SEC. 204. (a) Section 41(a)(6) of title 35, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking out "Appeals" each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof "Patent Appeals and Interferences"; and (2) by inserting "in the appeal" after "oral hearing". (b)(1) Section 134 of title 35, United States Code, is amended— (A) in the section caption by striking out "APPEALS" and inserting in lieu thereof "PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES"; and (B) by striking out "Appeals" and inserting in lieu thereof "Patent Appeals and Interferences". (2) The item relating to section 134 in the table of sections at the beginning of chapter 12 of title 35, United States Code, is amended by striking out "Appeals" and inserting in lieu thereof "Patent Appeals and Interferences". (c) Section 305 of title 35, United States Code, is amended by striking out "Appeals" and inserting in lieu thereof "Patent Appeals and Interferences". AMENDMENTS TO OTHER PROVISIONS OF LAW

SEC. 205. (a) Section 1295(a)(4)(A) of title 28, United States Code, is amended by striking out "Appeals or the Board of Patent" and inserting in lieu thereof "Patent Appeals and". (b) Section 152 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2182) is amended in the third paragraph— (1) by striking out "a Board of Patent Interferences" and inserting in lieu thereof "the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences"; and (2) by striking out "the Board of Patent Interferences" and inserting in lieu thereof "the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences". (c)(1) Section 305(d) of the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 (42 U.S.C. 2457(d)) is amended— (A) by striking out "a Board of Patent Interferences" and inserting in lieu thereof "the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences"; and (B) by striking out "the Board of Patent Interferences" and inserting in lieu thereof "the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences". (2) Section 305(e) of the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 (42 U.S.C. 2457(e)) is amended by striking out "a Board of Patent Interferences" and inserting in lieu thereof "the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences". SAVINGS PROVISION

35 USC 7 note.

SEC. 206. Any individual who, on the effective date of this title, is an examiner-in-chief of the Board of Patent Appeals of the Patent and Trademark Office or an examiner of interferences of the Board of Patent Interferences of such office shall be entitled to continue in office as a member of the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences of the Patent and Trademark Office as of such effective date.

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