22 U.S.C. § 2572 — Patents; availability to general public; protection of background rights
submitted 65 years ago by Pub. L. 87-297 to r/title-22-FOREIGN-RELATIONS-AND-INTERCOURSE · 98 words · no verdicts yet
Research under this chapter must generally make Government-funded information about uses, products, processes, patents, and other developments available to the public. This does not remove rights in a person’s background patent.
All research within the United States contracted for, sponsored, cosponsored, or authorized under authority of this chapter, is 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 must not be so construed as to deprive the owner of any background patent relating thereto of such rights as he may have under it.
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.
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.)
- 1961Enacted · Pub. L. 87-297 · 75 Stat. 634
- 1998Amended · Pub. L. 105-277 · 112 Stat. 2681
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 87-297 on 1961-09-26.
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