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PUBLIC LAW 87-206-SEPT. 6, 1961
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"The Commissioner of Patents may proceed with the application and issue the patent to the applicant (if the invention or discovery is otherwise patentable) unless the Commission, within 90 days after receipt of copies of the application and statement, directs the Commissioner of Patents to issue the patent to the Commission (if the invention or discovery is otherwise patentable) to be held by the Commission as the agent of and on behalf of the United States. Board of Patent "If the Commission files such a direction with the Commissioner Interferences. Hearing. of Patents, and if the applicant's statement claims, and the applicant still believes, that the invention or discovery was not made or conceived in the course of or under any contract, subcontract or arrangement entered into with or for the benefit of the Commission entitling the Commission to the title to the application or the patent the applicant may, within 30 days after notification of the filing of such a direction, request a hearing before a Board of Patent Interferences. The Board shall have the power to hear and determine whether the Commission was entitled to the direction filed with the Commissioner of Patents. The Board shall follow the rules and procedures established for interference cases and an appeal may be taken by either the applicant or the Commission from the final order of the Board to the Court of Customs and Patent Appeals in accordance with the procedures governing the appeals from the Board of Patent Interferences. "If the statement filed by the applicant should thereafter be found to contain false material statements any notification by the Commission that it has no objections to the issuance of a patent to the applicant shall not be deemed in any respect to constitute a waiver of the provisions of this section or of any applicable civil or criminal statute, and the Commission may have the title to the patent transferred to the Commission on the records of the Commissioner of Patents in accordance with the provisions of this section. A determination of rights by the Commission pursuant to a contractual provision or other arrangement prior to the request of the Commissioner of Patents for the statement, shall be final in the absence of false material statements or nondisclosure of material facts by the applicant." 42 USC 2187. SEC. 11. Section 157 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: Compensa t i o n, "d. PERIOD OF LIMITATIONS.—Every application under this section awards, royalties. shall be barred unless filed within six years after the date on which first accrues the right to such reasonable royalty fee, just compensation, or award for which such application is filed." 42 USC 2188. SEC. 12. The second sentence of section 158 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, is amended to read as follows: "If the court, at its discretion, deems that such licensee shall pay a reasonable .royalty to the owner of the patent, the reasonable royalty shall be determined in accordance with section 157." SEC. 13. Subsections 1611., u., and v. of the Atomic Energy Act of 72 Stat. 633. 1954, as amended, are hereby redesignated respectively as subsections 42 USC 2201. 161 s., t., and u. 42 USC 2207. SEC. 14. Section 167 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, is amended to read as follows: " SEC. 167. CLAIMS SETTLEMENTS.—The Commission, acting on behalf of the United States, is authorized to consider, ascertain, adjust, determine, settle, and pay, any claim for money damage of $5,000 or less against the United States for bodily injury, death, or damage to or loss of real or personal property resulting from any detonation, explo-
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