Private Law 92–131

That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to John S. Attinello of Alexandria, Virginia, the sum of $100,000, in full satisfaction of all claims of the said John S. Attinello against the United States as recommended by the Chief Commissioner of the United States Court of Claims on March 13, 1972, in Congressional Reference Case Numbered 1–71, John S. Attinello versus the United States for loss of patent rights in Great Britain on a highlift supercirculation system for aircraft which was developed and patented in the United States by him (United States Patent Numbered 2,868,480), but which was not patented in that country as a result of the failure of the Department of Defense to forward to the Commissioner of Patents a request for permission for the said John S. Attinello to file a patent application in such country.

Sec. 2.

No part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000.