2021 US Code
Title 35 - Patents
Part II - Patentability of Inventions and Grant of Patents
Chapter 17 - Secrecy of Certain Inventions and Filing Applications in Foreign Country
Sec. 187 - Nonapplicability to certain persons

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Citation 35 U.S.C. § 187 (2021)
Section Name §187. Nonapplicability to certain persons
Section Text

The prohibitions and penalties of this chapter shall not apply to any officer or agent of the United States acting within the scope of his authority, nor to any person acting upon his written instructions or permission.

Source Credit

(July 19, 1952, ch. 950, 66 Stat. 808.)

Editorial Notes HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES

Based on Title 35, U.S.C., 1946 ed., §157 (Feb. 1, 1952, ch. 4, §7, 66 Stat. 6).

Language is changed.

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 35 - PATENTS
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 35 - PATENTS
PART II - PATENTABILITY OF INVENTIONS AND GRANT OF PATENTS
CHAPTER 17 - SECRECY OF CERTAIN INVENTIONS AND FILING APPLICATIONS IN FOREIGN COUNTRY
Sec. 187 - Nonapplicability to certain persons
Contains section 187
Date 2021
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 3, 2022
Positive Law Yes
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 66 Stat. 808, 6
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