PUBLIC LAW 106-113—APPENDIX I 113 STAT. 1501A-589 (c) ELIMINATION OF COPENDENCY REQUIREMENT. — Section 119(e)(2) of title 35, United States Code, is amended by striking "and the provisional application was pending on the filing date of the application for patent under section 111(a) or section 363 of this title". (d) EFFECTIVE DATE. —The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply to any provisional application filed on or after June 8, 1995, except that the amendments made by subsections (b) and (c) shall have no effect with respect to any patent which is the subject of litigation in an action commenced before such date of enactment. SEC. 4802. INTERNATIONAL APPLICATIONS. Section 119 of title 35, United States Code, is amended as follows: (1) In subsection (a), insert "or in a WTO member country," after "or citizens of the United States,". (2) At the end of section 119 add the following new subsections: "(f) Applications for plant breeder's rights filed in a WTO member country (or in a foreign UPOV Contracting Party) shall have the same effect for the purpose of the right of priority under subsections (a) through (c) of this section as applications for patents, subject to the same conditions and requirements of this section as apply to applications for patents. "(g) As used in this section— "(1) the term WTO member country' has the same meaning as the term is defined in section 104(b)(2) of this title; and "(2) the term 'UPOV Contracting Partj-* means a member of the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants.". SEC. 4803. CERTAIN LIMITATIONS ON DAMACJES FOR PATENT INFRINGEMENT NOT APPLICABLE. Section 287(c)(4) of title 35, United States Code, is amended by striking "before the date of enactment of this subsection" and inserting "based on an application the earliest effective filing date of which is prior to September 30, 1996". SEC. 4804. ELECTRONIC FILING AND PUBLICATIONS. (a) PRINTING OF PAPERS FILED. —Section 22; of title 35, United States Code, is amended by striking "printed or typewritten" and inserting "printed, typewritten, or on an electronic medium". (b) PUBLICATIONS. —Section 11(a) of title 35, United States Code, is amended by amending the matter preceding paragraph 1 to read as follows: "(a) The Director may publish in printed, typewritten, or electronic form, the following:". (c) COPIES OF PATENTS FOR PUBLIC LIBRARIES. — Section 13 of title 35, United States Code, is amended by striking "printed copies of specifications and drawings of patents" and inserting "copies of specifications and drawings of patents in printed or electronic form". (d) MAINTENANCE OF COLLECTIONS.— (1) ELECTRONIC COLLECTIONS. —Section 41(i)(l) of title 35, United States Code, is amended by striking "paper or microform" and inserting "paper, microform, or electronic".
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