2018 US Code
Title 30 - Mineral Lands and Mining
Chapter 18 - Coal Research and Development
Sec. 666 - Public-availability requirement; national defense; patent agreements

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Citation 30 U.S.C. § 666 (2018)
Section Name §666. Public-availability requirement; national defense; patent agreements
Section Text

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.

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.)

Editorial Notes PRIOR PROVISIONS

A 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).

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, 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 2018
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 14, 2019
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 74 Stat. 337
119 Stat. 934
Public Law References Public Law 86-599, Public Law 109-58
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