A Bill to amend the "Joint Owners" provision of the Patents Act Title 35, U.S.C. Sec. 262.
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States that the assignment of a part interest in a patent is voidable if that assignment does not contain a written provision which allows each joint owner of such patent to make, use, or sell the patented invention without the consent of the other owners.
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