Pub. L. 94-131, tit. IV, ch. 37, sec. 5

Sec. 5. Paragraph (e) of section 102 of title 35, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: “§ 102. Conditions for patentability; novelty and loss of right to patent * * * * * * “(e) the invention was described in a patent granted on an application for patent by another filed in the United States before the invention thereof by the applicant for patent, or on an international application by another who has fulfilled the requirements of paragraphs (I), (2), and (4) of section 371(c) of this title before the invention thereof by the applicant for patent, or”.