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35 U.S.C. § 267 — Time for taking action in Government applications

submitted 74 years ago by ch. 950 to r/title-35-PATENTS · 65 words · no verdicts yet

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The Director can extend to three years the deadline for acting on a patent application. This applies only when the application has become U.S. government property. An agency head must certify the invention is important to national defense.

This section lets the government get more time on certain patent applications. Normally, sections 133 and 151 of this title set deadlines for taking action on a patent application. This section overrides those deadlines in one situation. If a patent application has become the property of the United States, and the head of the relevant government department or agency certifies to the Director that the invention is important to the armament or defense of the United States, the Director may extend the deadline for taking any action on that application to three years.
the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 133 and 151, the Director may extend the time for taking any action to three years, when an application has become the property of the United States and the head of the appropriate department or agency of the Government has certified to the Director that the invention disclosed therein is important to the armament or defense of the United States.

Source credit: (July 19, 1952, ch. 950, 66 Stat. 811; Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, § 1000(a)(9) [title IV, § 4732(a)(10)(A)], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A–582; Pub. L. 107–273, div. C, title III, § 13206(b)(1)(B), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1906; Pub. L. 112–29, § 20(j), Sept. 16, 2011, 125 Stat. 335.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 1952Enacted · Act of July 19, 1952, ch. 950 · 66 Stat. 811
  • 1999Amended · Pub. L. 106-113 · 113 Stat. 1536, 1501
  • 2002Amended · Pub. L. 107-273 · 116 Stat. 1906
  • 2011Amended · Pub. L. 112-29 · 125 Stat. 335

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 950 on 1952-07-19.

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