Pub. L. 94-131, tit. IV, ch. 37, sec. 9

Sec. 9. Section 120 of title 35, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 89 STAT. 692 “§120. Benefit of earlier filing date in the United States “An application for patent for an invention disclosed in the manner provided by the first paragraph of section 112 of this title in an application previously filed in the United States, or as provided by section 363 of this title, by the same inventor shall have the same effect, as to such invention, as though filed on the date of the prior application, if filed before the patenting or abandonment of or termination of proceedings on the first application or on an application similarly entitled to the benefit of the filing date of the first application and if it contains or is amended to contain a specific reference to the earlier filed application.”.