Private Law 74–726

That jurisdiction

Samuel W. Carter.

Claim of, referred to Court of Claims.

is hereby conferred upon the United States Court of Claims, notwithstanding the lapse of time or the statute of limitations, to hear and determine the claim of Samuel W. Carter for compensation for the alleged adoption and use by the Government of the United States of a certain invention relating to the design and construction of propeller blades for which original Letters Patent of the United States numbered 1471590 were issued to him on October 23, 1923, and for which Letters Patent of the United States Reissue Numbered 16387 were issued to him on July 20, 1926. Said claim shall not be considered as barred because of the fact that the claimant was on the retired list of the United States Army and receiving compensation from the United States Government at the time the patented article was invented.