An Act to provide for public notice of settlements in patent interferences, and for other purposes
PL 87-831 (H.R.12513), enacted 10/15/1962

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PUBLIC LAW 87-831-OCT. 15, 1962 
[76 STAT. 
October IS, 1962 
[H. R. 12513] 
Public Law 87-831 
AN ACT 
To provide for public notice of settlements in patent interferences, and for other 
purposes. 
Patent inter-
ferences. 
Notice of settle-
ment. 
66 Stat. 801. 
60 Stat. 243. 
5 u s e 1009. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assernbled^ 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 inter-
ference, including any collateral agreements referred to therein, made 
in connection with or in contemplation of the termination of the inter-
ference, 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 per-
manently unenforceable such agreement or understanding and any 
patent of such parties involved in the interference or any patent sub-
sequently 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 ter-
mination 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 under-
standing 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 subsec-
tion shall be reviewable under section 10 of the Administrative Proce-
dure Act." 
Approved October 15, 1962. 
October IS, 1962 
[H. R. 946] 
Public Law 87-832 
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. 
Oyster planters. 
Disaster loans. 
75 Stat. 311. 
7 u s e 1961. 
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.