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(2) Chun críocha fo-ailt (1) den alt seo féadfar aon duine a chruthós gur aireag sé an t-aireagán go neamhspleách agus a lóisteáil iarratas ar phaitinn idir an 3ú Meán Fómhair, 1939, agus an 1ú Eanáir, 1946, nó féadfar ionadaí dlíthiúil nó sannaí an duine sin, d'áireamh ina shaothraí de mheon mhacánta cé ná beidh an t-aireagáin saothraithe go héifeachtach aige, más é an cogadh a chosc an saothrú.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1) of this section any person who proves that the invention was independently invented by him and who has filed an application for a patent between the 3rd September, 1939, and the 1st January, 1946, or his legal representative or assignee may be treated as an exploiter in good faith, although he has not effectively exploited the invention, if the exploitation was prevented by the war.