2018 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. 182 - Abandonment of invention for unauthorized disclosure
35 U.S.C. § 182 (2018) |
§182. Abandonment of invention for unauthorized disclosure |
The invention disclosed in an application for patent subject to an order made pursuant to section 181 may be held abandoned upon its being established by the Commissioner of Patents that in violation of said order the invention has been published or disclosed or that an application for a patent therefor has been filed in a foreign country by the inventor, his successors, assigns, or legal representatives, or anyone in privity with him or them, without the consent of the Commissioner of Patents. The abandonment shall be held to have occurred as of the time of violation. The consent of the Commissioner of Patents shall not be given without the concurrence of the heads of the departments and the chief officers of the agencies who caused the order to be issued. A holding of abandonment shall constitute forfeiture by the applicant, his successors, assigns, or legal representatives, or anyone in privity with him or them, of all claims against the United States based upon such invention. |
(July 19, 1952, ch. 950, 66 Stat. 806; Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, §1000(a)(9) [title IV, §4732(a)(10)(B)], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A–582; Pub. L. 112–29, §20(j), Sept. 16, 2011, 125 Stat. 335.) |
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Based on Title 35, U.S.C., 1946 ed., §152 (Feb. 1, 1952, ch. 4, §2, 66 Stat. 4). Language is changed. AMENDMENTS2011—Pub. L. 112–29 struck out "of this title" after "181". 1999—Pub. L. 106–113 substituted "Commissioner of Patents" for "Commissioner" wherever appearing. EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2011 AMENDMENTAmendment by Pub. L. 112–29 effective upon the expiration of the 1-year period beginning on Sept. 16, 2011, and applicable to proceedings commenced on or after that effective date, see section 20(l) of Pub. L. 112–29, set out as a note under section 2 of this title. EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1999 AMENDMENTAmendment by Pub. L. 106–113 effective 4 months after Nov. 29, 1999, see section 1000(a)(9) [title IV, §4731] of Pub. L. 106–113, set out as a note under section 1 of this title. |
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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. 182 - Abandonment of invention for unauthorized disclosure |
section 182 |
2018 |
January 14, 2019 |
Yes |
standard |
66 Stat. 806, 4 113 Stat. 1536 125 Stat. 335 |
Public Law 106-113, Public Law 112-29 |