FEDERAL · 42 U.S.C. · Chapter SUBCHAPTER XII—PATENTS AND INVENTIONS
Prior art
42 U.S.C. § 2185
Title42 — The Public Health and Welfare
ChapterSUBCHAPTER XII—PATENTS AND INVENTIONS
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42 U.S.C. § 2185.
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In connection with applications for patents covered by this subchapter, the fact that the invention or discovery was known or used before shall be a bar to the patenting of such invention or discovery even though such prior knowledge or use was under secrecy within the atomic energy program of the United States.
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Application of Lyle B. Borst
345 F.2d 851 (Customs and Patent Appeals, 1965)
Ernest Samuel Nossen and E. S. Nossen Laboratories, Inc. v. The United States
416 F.2d 1362 (Court of Claims, 1969)
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History
(Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, title I, §155, as added Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1073, §1, 68 Stat. 947; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 102–486, title IX, §902(a)(8), Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2944.)
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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Transfer of Functions
Atomic Energy Commission abolished and functions transferred by sections 5814 and 5841 of this title. See, also, notes set out under those sections.
Transfer of Functions
Atomic Energy Commission abolished and functions transferred by sections 5814 and 5841 of this title. See, also, notes set out under those sections.
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