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SIXTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 58. 1922. 391 before his office any person, a¤ent, or attorney shown to be incompetent or disreputab e, or guity of gross misconduct, or who reuses to comply with the said rules and regulations, or who shall, with intent to defraud in any manner, deceive, mislead, or threaten any applicant or prospective applicant, or other person having immediate or prospective business before the office, by word, circular, letter, or by advertising. The reasons for any such suspen- _ _ _ sion or exclusion shall be du recorded. And the action of the ,,;I€$,`{,Y,l§'bl§,YS¥;Q,i?,§$§ commissioner may be reviewedy upon the petition of the person so C°“” °” °PP°"‘· refused recognition or so suspended or excluded by the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia under such conditions and upon such proceedings as the said court may by its rules determine/’ _ Sec. 4. That the third paragraph of the Act of January 12, 1895 \2,i§$§Tlp9&z§2§end. (chapter 23, section 73, Twenty-eighth Statutes at Large, pa e 619), °"· _as amended, be, and the same is hereb , amended to read as follows: P bl, _ _ "Third. The Official Gazette of the Ilnited States Patent Office in mb$ti$Z°§§fh$E°la`<il& numbers sufficient to supply all who shall subscribe therefor at $5 per annum; also for exchange for other scientific publications desirale for the use of the Patent Office- also to supply one copy to each Senator, Representative, and Delegate in Congress; also to supply one copy to eight such public libraries having over one thousand volumes, exclusive of Government publications, as shall be designated by each Senator, Representative, and Delegate in Congress, with one hundred additional copies, together with weekly, monthly, and annual indexes for all the same; of the Official Gazette the ‘usual number’ shall not be printed." Sec. 5. That section 4883 of the Revised Statutes be, and the same R-S-.s¤c-4·¤¤.p·945, is hereby, amended to read as follows: °m°°d°d' "Smo. 4883. All patents shall be issued in the name of the United 1,%%; §§f;,’jf,8§{0‘If States of America, under the seal of the Patent Office, and shall either ¤r.;·tcbe signed b the Commissioner of Patents or have his name printed edi °1'32’°'°5’°m°”d' thereon ant? attested by an Assistant Commissioner of Patents or by one of the law examiners dul designated by the commissioner, and shall be recorded, together with the specifications, in the Patent Office in books to be kept lfor that pur ose." Sec. 6. That section 4898 of tli)e Revised Statutes be, and the same a¤§g%ég“~*8°$·P·“8· is hereby, amended to read as follows: ` "SEo. 4898. Every patent or any interest therein shall be assign- ·‘s°‘€¤m°¤°¤· able in law by an instrument in writmg, and the patentee or his assigns or legal replresentatives may in like manner grant and convey an exclusive rig t under his patent to the whole or any specified part of the United States An assignment, grant, or conveyance s all be qu*§fg,°*’d*¤¢· °*°—· "·‘ void as against ang subsequent purchaser or mortgagee for a valuable v¤i.2b,p.oaa,»me¤a- consideration, wit out notice, unless it is recorded m the Patent Office °°‘ within three months from the date thereof or prior to such subsequent '*`*’¤°“¤***· purglpise or mprtgage. { hall A lm I d t “ an suc assi ment, ant, or conve ance o any atent s .° °"f° vgmxfn 5 be acknoxivledged bgfbre anygr notary publicyof the SBVGPEI States 0i' g=iins¤i¤L`§;¤i; me moi 'Territories or the District of Columbia, or an commissioner of any court of the United States for any District or 'Eerritory, or before any secretary of legation or consular officer authorized to administer oaths or perform notarial acts under section 1750 of the Revised Statutes, R·S·»=¢¤· ¤75°·1>-311- the certificate of such acknowledgment, under the hand and official seal of such notary or other officer, shall be prima facie evidence of the execution of such assignment, grant, or conveyance/’ Sec. 7. That section 4906 of the Revised Statutes be, and the same auigiégw-4my¤·¤9» is hereby, amended to read as follows: ` "Sr:o. 4906. The clerk of any court of the United States, for any 'f°¤¤i¤¤¤¤Y· District or Territory wherein testimony is to be taken for use in any