OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON PATENTS, TRADE-MARKS AND COPYRIGHTS EIGHTIETH CONGRESS H. R. 65, H. R. 124, H. R. 1107, H. R. 1984 WAS PREVENTED BY WORLD WAR II APRIL 2, MAY 9 AND 14, 1947 V Printed for the use of the Committee on the Judiciary COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY EARL C. MICHENER, Michigan, Chairman JOHN M. ROBSION, Kentucky EMANUEL CELLER, New York CHAUNCEY W. REED, Illinois FRANCIS E. WALTER, Pennsylvania JOHN W. GWYNNE, Iowa SAM HOBBS, Alabama LOUIS E. GRAHAM, Pennsylvania WILLIAM T. BYRNE, New York RAYMOND S. SPRINGER, Indiana ESTES KEFAUVER, Tennessee FRANK FELLOWS, Maine JOSEPH R. BRYSON, South Carolina EARL R. LEWIS, Ohio FADJO CRAVENS, Arkansas JOHN JENNINGS, Jr., Tennessee THOMAS J. LANE, Massachusetts ANGIER L. GOODWIN, Massachusetts MARTIN GORSKI, Illinois CLIFFORD P. CASE, New Jersey MICHAEL A. FEIGHAN, Ohio ED GOSSETT, Texas C. MURRAY BERNHARDT, Chief Clerk SUBCOMMITTEE ON PATENTS, TRADE-MARKS, COPYRIGHTS EARL R. LEWIS, Ohio, Chairman E. WALLACE CHADWICK, Pennsylvania FRANCIS E. WALTER, Pennsylvania KENNETH B. KEATING, New York JOSEPH R. BRYSON, South Carolina THOMAS J. LANE, Massachusetts 147 CONTENTS Hon. Joseph P. O'Hara, Representative in Congress from the State Hon. Robert F. Rich, Representative in Congress from the State of Hon. Fritz G. Lanham, former Congressman from the State of Texas and past member of the House Committee on Patents.. Hon. Robert A. Grant, Representative in Congress from the State of Francis D. Stephens, American Patent Law Association. Harry H. Hitzeman, patent lawyer. - P.J. Federico, law examiner, United States Patent Office Col. George W. Gardes, War Department. Robert S. Pasley, Navy Department.. Samuel C. Miller, Tube Light Engineering Co. Brig. Gen. R. M. Cutts (retired). Cyril A. Soans, vice president, Chicago Patent Law Association.. Additional and supporting documents- Report of The Chicago Patent Law Association, introduced by Mr. Statements as to H. R. 1984: Department of Commerce.. Tube Light Engineering Co., New York City. Committee on Artificial Limbs, National Research Council.. St. Louis Bar Association.- Harry H. Hitzeman, patent lawyer- Miscellaneous: Act of May 31, 1928 (Public Law No. 623, 70th Cong.; EXTENSION OF PATENTS WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 1947 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY, SUBCOMMITTEE ON PATENTS, TRADE-MARKS, AND COPYRIGHTS, Washington, D.C. The subcommittee met at 10 a. m., Hon. Earl R. Lewis, chairman, presiding. Mr. LEWIS. The committee will come to order. [H. R. 65, 80th Cong., 1st sess.) A BILL To extend unexpired patents for periods equal to the length of time such patents shall have been in force during the war Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) except as provided in subsection (b), the terms of all patents which are unexpired on the date of enactment of this Act are hereby extended for a period equal to the period beginning on December 7, 1941, and ending on the date of the termination of the war as proclaimed by the President or declared by concurrent resolution of the Congress. (b) In the case of any patent (1) which shall have been granted during the period between December 7, 1941, and the date of the termination of the war as proclaimed by the President or declared by concurrent resolution of the Congress, or (2) which, but for the extension provided for in this Act, would have expired during such period, such extension shall be limited to a period equal to the period during which such patent shall have been in effect after December 7, 1941, and prior to the termination of the war. (c) Any patent extended by the provisions of this Act shall have the same force and effect in law as though it had been orginally granted for seventeen years plus the term of such extension. [H. R. 124, 80th Cong., 1st sess.) A BILL To provide for the extension of the term of certain patents in the case of persons who serve in the land or naval forces of the United States during the present war Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That any person serving in the land or naval forces of the United States at any time during the period beginning December 7, 1941, and ending on the date of the termination of hostilities in the present war, as proclaimed by the President, who is on active duty, or who has been discharged or relieved from active service under honorable conditions, and who desires to secure extension of the term of a patent pursuant to this Act, may within six months after the date of the termination of hostilities in the present war, as proclaimed by the President, or the date of his discharge or release from such service, whichever is the later, upon payment of a fee of $20, make written application to the Commissioner of Patents, containing as a part thereof a statement setting forth (A) that he is the inventor or discoverer of an invention or discovery for which a specified patent was granted prior to his entry into, or during his period of service in, the land or naval forces, the original term of which remains unexpired at the time of the filing of the application; |