2010 US Code
Title 30 - MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
CHAPTER 18 - COAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
Sec. 666 - Public-availability requirement; national defense; patent agreements
View Metadata| Publication Title | United States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 4, Title 30 - MINERAL LANDS AND MINING |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 30 - MINERAL LANDS AND MINING CHAPTER 18 - COAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT Sec. 666 - Public-availability requirement; national defense; patent agreements |
| Contains | section 666 |
| Date | 2010 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 7, 2011 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 86-599, §4, formerly §6, July 7, 1960, 74 Stat. 337; renumbered §4, Pub. L. 109-58, title X, §1009(a)(1)(D), Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 934. |
| Statutes at Large References | 74 Stat. 337 119 Stat. 934 |
| Public Law References | Public Law 86-599, Public Law 109-58 |
§666. Public-availability requirement; national defense; patent agreements
No research shall be carried out, contracted for, sponsored, cosponsored, or authorized under authority of this chapter, unless all information, uses, products, processes, patents, and other developments resulting from such research will (with such exceptions and limitations, if any, as the Secretary may find to be necessary in the interest of national defense) be available to the general public. Whenever in the estimation of the Secretary the purposes of this chapter would be furthered through the use of patented processes or equipment, the Secretary is authorized to enter into such agreements as he deems necessary for the acquisition or use of such patents on reasonable terms and conditions.
(Pub. L. 86–599, §4, formerly §6, July 7, 1960, 74 Stat. 337; renumbered §4, Pub. L. 109–58, title X, §1009(a)(1)(D), Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 934.)
Prior ProvisionsA prior section 4 of Pub. L. 86–599 was classified to section 664 of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 109–58, §1009(a)(1)(C).
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