An Act to amend the Act establishing the United States Puerto Rico Commission on the Status of Puerto Rico
PL 89-84 (S.2154), enacted 07/24/1965

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PUBLIC LAW 89-84-JULY 24, 1965 
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SEC. 5. Section 154 of title 35, United States Code, is amended by 
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inserting the words "subject to the payment of issue fees as provided 
for in this title," after the words "seventeen years,". 
SEC. 6. The analysis of chapter 14 of title 35, United States Code, 
immediately preceding section 151, is amended in the first item thereof 
by striking out the words "Time of issue of patent" and inserting in 
lieu thereof "Issue of patent". 
SEC. 7. (a) This Act shall take effect three months after its 
Effective date. 
enactment. 
(b) Items 1,3, and 4 of section 41 (a) of title 35, United States Code, 
as amended by section 1 of this Act, do not apply in further proceed-
ings in applications filed prior to the effective date of this Act. 
(c) Item 2 of section 41(a), as amended by section 1 of this Act, 
and section 4 of this Act do not apply in cases in which the notice of 
allowance of the application was sent, or in which a patent issued, 
prior to the effective date; and, in such cases, the fee due is the fe« 
specified in this title prior to the effective date of this Act. 
(d) Item 3 of section 31 of the Trademark Act, as amended by 
section 3 of this Act, applies only in the case of registrations issued 
and registrations published under the provisions of section 12(c) of 
the Trademark Act on or after the effective date of this Act. 
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SEC. 8. Section 266 of title 35, United States Codej is repealed. 
Repeal. 
The chapter analysis of chapter 27 of title 35, United States Code, 
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is amended by strikmg out the following item: 
"266. Issue of patents without fees to Government employees." 
SEC. 9. Section 112 of title 35, United States Code, is amended by 
adding to the second paragraph thereof the following sentence: "A 
claim may be written in independent or dependent form, and if in 
dependent form, it shall be construed to include all the limitations 
of the claim incorporated by reference into the dependent claim." 
SEO. 10. Section 282 of title 35, United States Code, is amended by ^^^iJi^y!^' 
deletion of the first paragraph thereof and substituting therefor the 
following paragraph: 
"A patent shall be presumed valid. Each claim of a patent (whether 
in independent or dependent form) shall be presumed valid inde-
pendently of the validity of other claims; dependent claims shall be 
presumed valid even though dependent upon an invalid claim. 
The 
burden of establishing invalidity of a patent or any claim thereof shall 
rest on the party asserting it." 
Approved July 24, 19B5. 
Public Law 89-84 
AN ACT 
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To amend the Act establishing the United States-Puerto Rico Commission on 
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the Status of Puerto Rico. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re'presentatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Act of 
Report to con-
February 20, 1964 (78 Stat. 17), is amended as follows: 
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(1) In section 4 strike out "the opening day of the second session 
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of the Eighty-ninth United States Congress" and insert in lieu thereof "°*^-
"September 30,1966". 
(2) In section 5 strike out "$250,000" and insert in lieu thereof 
>^propriai.ion. 
"$465,000". 
Approved July 24, 1965.