2011 US Code
Title 22 - Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Chapter 35 - ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT (§§ 2551 - 2595c)
Subchapter III - FUNCTIONS (§§ 2571 - 2579)
Section 2572 - Patents; availability to general public; protection of background rights
View Metadata| Publication Title | United States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE CHAPTER 35 - ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT SUBCHAPTER III - FUNCTIONS Sec. 2572 - Patents; availability to general public; protection of background rights |
| Contains | section 2572 |
| Date | 2011 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 3, 2012 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 87-297, title III, §302, formerly §32, Sept. 26, 1961, 75 Stat. 634; renumbered §302 and amended Pub. L. 105-277, div. G, subdiv. A, title XII, §1223(7), (21), Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681-769, 2681-772. |
| Statutes at Large References | 75 Stat. 634 112 Stat. 2681-769 |
| Public Law References | Public Law 87-297, Public Law 105-277 |
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All research within the United States contracted for, sponsored, cosponsored, or authorized under authority of this chapter, shall be provided for in such manner that all information as to uses, products, processes, patents, and other developments resulting from such research developed by Government expenditure will (with such exceptions and limitations, if any, as the Secretary of State may find to be necessary in the public interest) be available to the general public. This section shall not be so construed as to deprive the owner of any background patent relating thereto of such rights as he may have thereunder.
(Pub. L. 87–297, title III, §302, formerly §32, Sept. 26, 1961, 75 Stat. 634; renumbered §302 and amended Pub. L. 105–277, div. G, subdiv. A, title XII, §1223(7), (21), Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–769, 2681–772.)
Amendments1998—Pub. L. 105–277, §1223(7), substituted “Secretary of State” for “Director” and “section” for “subsection”.
Effective Date of 1998 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 105–277 effective Apr. 1, 1999, see section 1201 of Pub. L. 105–277, set out as an Effective Date note under section 6511 of this title.
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