(2) Instructions and forms for filing claims, and for reporting information which the Director, Office of Alien Property, requires. See § 501.80 of this chapter.

(3) Final determinations, opinions, and orders in cases heard or reviewed by the Vested Property Claims Committee, the Hearing Examiners, or the Director, Office of Alien Property.

(4) Notices of public sale, prospectuses, and terms and conditions of sale.

(5) Rules issued by the Office of Alien Property, Custodian and the Office of Alien Property.

(6) Documents which have been published in the FEDERAL REGISTER.

(7) Formal opinions of the General Counsel, Office of Alien Property Custodian, and of the Legal Branch, Office of Alien Property, issued for the guidance of the public.

(b) Records available for inspection. The following documents are available for inspection by persons properly and directly concerned on application to Records Officer, Office of Alien Property, Washington 25, D.C.:

(1) Claims filed with the Office of Alien Property, Custodian or the Office of Alien Property.

(2) Records in cases heard or reviewed by the Vested Property Claims Committee, the Hearing Examiners, or the Director, Office of Alien Property.

(3) Authorizations to offer for sale, records of bids in public sales, orders of sale or rejection, and notifications of acceptance.

(c) Copies of contracts. Copies of contracts in which the Alien Property Custodian or the Attorney General has vested the interest of a foreign national are available for inspection in the United States Patent Office in accordance with the provisions of Executive Order 9424 of February 18, 1944 (3 CFR, 1944 Supp.).

(d) Patent applications. Any person may petition for permission to inspect or copy a vested patent application filed by a national of Germany, Japan, Bulgaria, Hungary or Rumania. Petitions should be submitted to Legal and Legislative Section, Office of Alien Property, Washington 25, D.C., on a form which that Section will provide on request. Petitions will ordinarily be

granted upon a showing of proper interest unless:

(1) A title claim is pending with respect to such patent application, or

(2) The patent application is involved in litigation, or

(3) An American national has filed a patent application which may be in interference with such patent application.

[13 FR 9507, Dec. 31, 1948, as amended at 17 FR 11781, Dec. 30, 1952; 19 FR 1211, Mar. 4, 1954]

§ 503.17 General rule as to non-availability of records of the Office of Alien Property.

All official files, documents, records and information in the Office of Alien Property, or in the custody or control of any officer, employee, agent or delegate of the Office of Alien Property, are to be regarded as confidential. No officer, employee, agent or delegate may permit the disclosure or use of the same for any purpose other than for the performance of his official duties, except in the discretion of the Attorney General, the Deputy Attorney General, the Director, or the Deputy Director, of the Office of Alien Property, and in the case of defense information as defined in Executive Order 10501 of November 5, 1953 (18 FR 7049, 3 CFR, 1953 Supp.), except in accordance with the provisions of said Executive Order and the Department of Justice regulations thereunder: Provided, however, That each section chief and the Intercustodial and Foreign Funds Officer, are generally authorized to make available or disclose such official files, documents, records and information in the Office of Alien Property, other than defense information, in the conduct of affairs of his section or office, unless otherwise instructed by the Director. Whenever a subpoena duces tecum is served to produce any such files, documents, records, or information, the officer, or employee, or agent, or delegate on whom such subpoena is served, unless otherwise expressly directed by the Attorney General, will appear in court to answer thereto and respectfully decline to produce the records specified therein, on the ground that

504.1 Time of effectiveness of vesting orders.

504.2 Orders vesting property or interest located in the Philippines.

AUTHORITY: Sec. 301, 55 Stat. 839, sec. 3, 60 Stat. 418, as amended, secs. 201-318, 69 Stat. 562-575; 50 U.S.C. App. 5, 22 U.S.C. 1382, 1631-1641q, E.O. 9193, July 6, 1942, 7 FR 5205, 3 CFR, 1943 Cum. Supp.; E.O. 9725, May 16, 1946, 11 FR 5381, 3 CFR, 1946 Supp.; E.O. 9788, Oct. 14, 1946, 11 FR 11981, 12123, 3 CFR, 1946 Supp.; E.O. 9989, Aug. 20, 1948, 13 FR 4891, 3 CFR, 1948 Supp.; E.O. 10254, June 15, 1951, 16 FR 5829, 3 CFR, 1951 Supp.; E.O. 10644, Nov. 7, 1955, 20 FR 8363.

SOURCE: 17 FR 1082, Feb. 5, 1952, unless otherwise noted.

§ 504.1 Time of effectiveness of vesting orders.

(a) Any property or interest shall be deemed to have vested at the time of the filing with the Federal Register Division National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, Washington, D.C., of an order vesting such property or interest: Provided, That any property or interest, the conveyance, transfer, or assignment of which may be filed, registered or recorded in the United States Patent Office or Copyright Office, shall be deemed to have vested at the time of the filing, registered, or recording in such Office of the order vesting such property or interest, or at the time of the filing of such order with said Federal Register Division, whichever is earlier: Provided further, That, as to subsequent purchasers or lienors without actual notice, an order vesting real property or an interest in such property shall be deemed effective from the time of the recordation of such order in the public office designated by law for the recordation of a conveyance, transfer, or assignment of such property or interest.

(b) Actual notice, by service or otherwise, of the execution of an order vesting any property or interest shall

be deemed (1) notice that the Alien Property Custodian or the Attorney General of the United States has undertaken supervision of such property or interest, and (2) notice of the vesting of such property or interest as of the time specified in paragraph (a) of this section.

(c) This section shall be deemed applicable to all vesting orders heretofore or hereafter executed by or for the Alien Property Custodial or the Attorney General of the United States.

§ 504.2 Orders vesting property or interest located in the Philippines.

Any order vesting property or interest located in the Philippines shall in addition be published in the Official Gazette, Manila, Philippine Islands, promptly after filing as provided in § 504.1(a) and publication in the FEDERAL REGISTER.

PART 505-SPECIFIC PROHIBITIONS

Sec.

505.1 Prohibition of transactions; applicability of regulations and licenses, etc. 505.2 Authorization of certain transactions with respect to coupons appertaining to vested negotiable bearer bonds. 505.50 Prohibition of transactions by personnel of the Office of Alien Property. 505.60 Limitations on representative activities by former employees.

AUTHORITY: Sec. 301, 55 Stat. 839, sec. 3, 60 Stat. 418, as amended, secs. 201-318, 69 Stat. 562-575; 50 U.S.C. App. 5, 22 U.S.C. 1382, 1631-1641q; E.O. 9193, July 6, 1942, 7 FR 5205, 3 CFR, 1943 Cum. Supp.; E.O. 9725, May 16, 1946, 11 FR 5381, 3 CFR, 1946 Supp.; E.O. 9788, Oct. 14, 1946, 11 FR 11981, 12123, 3 CFR, 1946 Supp.; E.O. 9989, Aug. 20, 1948, 13 FR 4891, 3 CFR, 1948 Supp.; E.O. 10254, June 15, 1951, 16 FR 5829, 3 CFR, 1951, Supp.; E.O. 10644, Nov. 7, 1955, 20 FR 8363, 3 CFR, 1955 Supp., unless otherwise noted.

gate, assistant or other personnel, appointed or designated by him:

(1) Transactions, transfers, or other dealings in or relating to any property or interest that has been vested, or as to which an outstanding supervisory order has been issued, by the Attorney General or the Alien Property Custodian or the Office of Alien Property Custodian;

(2) Transactions, transfers, or other dealings by, or with, or on behalf of, or pursuant to the direction of, or the exercise of any right, powers, or privilege with respect to, any business enterprise regarding which the Attorney General or the Alien Property Custodian or the Office of Alien Property Custodian has issued an outstanding supervisory order, or which has been vested, as assets of or interests in which have been vested, or involving any property in which such business enterprise has any interest, where control of such property or business enterprise was released by the Secretary of the Treasury, subject to the power and authority conferred upon the Attorney General or the Alien Property Custodian or the Office of Alien Property Custodian, on or prior to September 30, 1948, or where jurisdiction over such property or business enterprise has been transferred by Executive Order No. 9989 (3 CFR, 1948 Supp., p. 158);

(3) Transactions, transfers, or other dealings, prohibited on September 30, 1948, under or pursuant to the Trading With the Enemy Act, as amended, or Executive Order No. 8389 (3 CFR 1943 Cum. Supp.), as amended, or Executive Order No. 9095 (3 CFR, 1943 Cum. Supp.), as amended, regarding property, over which jurisdiction has been transferred by Executive Order No. 9989 (3 CFR, 1948 Supp.).

(b) All orders, regulations, rulings, instructions, or licenses of any nature whatsoever, issued by the Secretary of the Treasury under the authority of Executive Order No. 8389, as amended, and Executive Order No. 9095, as amended, concerning property over which jurisdiction has been transferred by Executive Order No. 9989, shall continue in full force and effect in accordance with their terms, subject to the authority of the Attorney Gen

eral, or any agency, instrumentality, agent, delegate, assistant of other personnel, appointed or designated by him, to amend, modify or revoke, in whole or in part, such orders, regulations, rulings, instructions and licenses: Provided, That, wherever in such orders, regulations, rulings, instructions or licenses, or in regulations of the Office of Alien Property, the Treasury Department, Foreign Funds Control, the Secretary of the Treasury or other officers of the Department of the Treasury are referred to, the reference shall be deemed to be made to the Office of Alien Property and the appropriate officers thereof.

(c) Additional prohibitions provided for in Parts 506 and 507 of this chapter, and licenses and other authorizations, issued thereunder, shall remain unaffected by this section.

(d) Powers of attorney given for the purpose of filing claims under the Trading With the Enemy Act, as amended, or under Title II of the International Claims Settlement Act of 1949 and transactions that may be necessary to facilitate the filing and proving of such claims are hereby exempted from the prohibitions of this section: Provided, however, That nothing herein shall affect the prohibitions of R.S. 3477; 31 U.S.C. 203.

(E.O. 9567, June 8, 1945, 10 FR 6917, 3 CFR, 1945 Supp.; E.O. 9788, Oct. 14, 1946, 11 FR 11981, 12123, 3 CFR, 1946 Supp.; E.O. 9989, Aug. 20, 1948, 13 FR 4891, 3 CFR, 1948 Supp.)

[13 FR 9508, Dec. 31, 1948, as amended at 21 FR 764, Feb. 3, 1956]

§ 505.2 Authorization of certain transactions with respect to coupons appertaining to vested negotiable bearer bonds.

(a) The following transactions with respect to any vested coupon as defined in paragraph (b) of this section are authorized subject to subparagraph (5) (i) and (ii) of this paragraph if effected within the United States:

(1) Delivery by any person in the United States of any vested coupon for collection to any person who in the ordinary course of his business forwards for payment coupons appertaining to securities;

(2) Receipt from any person in the United States for collection and forwarding for collection of any vested coupon by any person who in the ordinary course of his business forwards for payment coupons appertaining to securities;

(3) Presentation of any vested coupon to the issuer or its paying agent for payment thereof;

(4) Payment of any vested coupon by the issuer or its paying agent upon condition that within 30 days after presentation for payment, the issuer or its paying agent shall cancel the coupon and give written notice to the person who presented the coupon for payment advising him that the coupon is a vested coupon, specifying the number of the vesting order by which said coupon (or the negotiable bearer bond to which it appertains) was vested pursuant to the Trading With the Enemy Act, as amended (50 U.S.C. app. 1-40), and shall forward a copy of the aforesaid notice to the Office of Alien Property, Washington, D.C.,

20530; and

(5) Transfer of cash or credit for a vested coupon to any party to any transaction authorized by this section; Provided, That:

(i) No transaction referred to in paragraph (a) (1), (2), (3), or (4) of this section is authorized except upon the condition that the party delivering, forwarding, or presenting any such vested coupon, upon receipt of the notice specified in paragraph (a)(4) of this paragraph, reimburse the person giving such notice in the amount paid or credited to him by that person.

(ii) No transaction authorized by this section shall operate to transfer title to or to discharge the obligation evidenced by any vested coupon.

(b) Definition. As used in this section, the term "vested coupon" means any negotiable coupon evidencing a debt or other obligation vested in or transferred to the Attorney General or appertaining to a negotiable bearer bond evidencing a debt or other obligation vested in or transferred to the Attorney General pursuant to the Trading With the Enemy Act, as amended.

(E.O. 9788, 11 FR 11981; 3 CFR, 1946 Supp.) [20 FR 4395, June 23, 1955]

§ 505.50 Prohibition of transactions by personnel of the Office of Alien Property.

(a) No person connected directly or indirectly with the Office of Alien Property shall effect or cause to be effected for personal benefit or profit any sale or purchase of, or other transaction in, or otherwise deal or participate in any property or interest therein concerning which the Alien Property Custodian, the Philippine Alien Property Administrator, or the Attorney General has acted, or may hereafter act under the provisions of the Trading With the Enemy Act of October 6, 1917, as amended, or Title II of the International Claims Settlement Act of 1949 or pursuant to the powers delegated to the Attorney General by the President under Executive Order 9788 of October 14, 1946 (3 CFR, 1946 Supp.), Executive Order 9989 of August 20, 1948 (3 CFR, 1948 Supp.), Executive Order 10254 of June 15, 1951 (3 CFR, 1951 Supp.) and Executive Order 10644 of November 7, 1955 (3 CFR, 1955 Supp.).

(b) This section shall apply to all transactions of the kind described in paragraph (a) of this section whether made directly by, for or on account or behalf of any person connected directly or indirectly with the Office of Alien Froperty, or in which such person has any beneficial interest. Employees are considered to have a beneficial interest in transactions of their husbands or wives, and therefore such transactions shall be deemed to come within the provisions of this section.

(c) Any person connected directly or indirectly with the Office of Alien Property who owns or has any interest in any property or interest therein concerning which the Alien Property Custodian or the Attorney General has acted or may hereafter act shall notify the Director, Office of Alien Property, of such ownership or interest immediately upon the execution of this section or the taking of such action by the Alien Property Custodian or the Attorney General, as the case may be.

[13 FR 9510, Dec. 31, 1948, as amended at 17 FR 11781, Dec. 30, 1952; 21 FR 764, Feb. 3, 1956]

§ 505.60 Limitation on representative activities by former employees.

No former officer, clerk, or employee of the Office of Alien Property, or the Office of Alien Property Custodian, or the Philippine Alien Property Administration, nor any former officer, clerk, or employee of the Treasury Department or of any Federal Reserve Bank who performed duties in connection with Foreign Funds Contrcl nor any former officer, clerk, or employee of the Department of Justice who performed duties in connection with Alien Property Custodian functions, may appear before the Office of Alien Property in a representative capacity unless he obtains the prior approval of the Director of the Office of Alien Property in each matter. To obtain such approval he must file with the Director an affidavit in duplicate stating:

(a) The department or agency in which employed and the dates of such employment;

(b) That while he was so employed the particular matter was not pending in such department or agency, or if it was so pending that he

(1) Took no personal action with respect to it;

(2) Gave no personal consideration to it;

(3) Gained no personal knowledge of its facts, and

(4) Is not, and will not be, associated in the particular matter with any person who took personal action with respect to it, or personally considered it or gained personal knowledge of its facts while so employed.

[17 FR 11782, Dec. 30, 1952]

NOTE: Attention is called to the provisions of R.S. 190 (18 U.S.C. 207) and 18 U.S.C. 281, 283, and 284.

PART 507-PATENTS, TRADEMARKS AND COPYRIGHTS

Sec.

507.42 Patent property of foreign countries and nationals thereof. 507.46 Trade-mark property of Germany and nationals thereof.

Sec.

507.50 Trade-mark property of Rumania Hungary, Bulgaria or nationals thereof 507.52 License and authorization with respect to trade-mark property. 507.71 Authorizing certain transactions respecting foreign-owned interests in works subject to copyright.

507.99 Past transactions previously licensed or prohibited not affected.

AUTHORITY: Sec. 301, 55 Stat. 839; 50 U.S.C. App. 5 E.O. 9193, July 6, 1942, 7 FR 5205; 3 CFR, 1943 Cum. Supp.; E.O. 9989, Aug. 20, 1948, 13 FR 4891; 3 CFR, 1948 Supp.

§ 507.42 Patent property of foreign countries and nationals thereof.

(a) Any transaction, transfer or the exercise of any right, power or privilege by or on behalf of or pursuant to the direction of any foreign country specified in paragraph (b) of this section, or any nationals of any such country with respect to Letters Patent or Applications for Letters Patent of the United States based upon any invention made in the territory of any of the countries specified in paragraph (b) of this section or rights or interests therein or related thereto, is hereby prohibited unless authorized by or on behalf of the attorney General of the United States.

(b) The following countries are specified:

(1) Germany. (2) Rumania. (3) Hungary. (4) Bulgaria.

(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) of this section and § 511.211a of this chapter there are hereby authorized.

(1) The filing in the United States Patent Office of the following applications:

(i) Applications for Letters Patent filed pursuant to the provisions of 61 Stat. 794 by, or on behalf of, or pursuant to the direction of, Germany, or any national of Germany which are based on inventions made after January 1, 1946; or

(ii) Applications for Letters Patent by or on behalf of, or pursuant to the direction of, Bulgaria, Rumania, or Hungary, or any national of any such country, which were received in the United States after May 15, 1946, or which are based on any blueprints,