Source: https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/USCODE-2017-title35/html/USCODE-2017-title35-partII-chap17-sec181.htm
Timestamp: 2018-09-23 00:35:22
Document Index: 198170824

Matched Legal Cases: ['§181', '§1000', '§4507', '§151', '§1', '§1000', '§4732', '§1000', '§4507', '§1000', '§4507', '§1000', '§4507', '§1000', '§4507', '§4507', '§4508', '§4732', '§4731', '§85']

Sec. 181 - Secrecy of certain inventions and withholding of patent
§181. Secrecy of certain inventions and withholding of patent
(July 19, 1952, ch. 950, 66 Stat. 805; Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, §1000(a)(9) [title IV, §§4507(7), 4732(a)(10)(B)], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A–566, 1501A–582.)
Based on Title 35, U.S.C., 1946 ed., §151 (Feb. 1, 1952, ch. 4, §1, 66 Stat. 3, 4).
1999—Pub. L. 106–113, §1000(a)(9) [title IV, §4732(a)(10)(B)], substituted "Commissioner of Patents" for "Commissioner" wherever appearing.
Pub. L. 106–113, §1000(a)(9) [title IV, §4507(7)(A)], in first par., inserted "by the publication of an application or" after "disclosure" and "the publication of the application or" after "withhold".
Pub. L. 106–113, §1000(a)(9) [title IV, §4507(7)(B)], inserted "by the publication of an application or" after "disclosure of an invention" in second par.
Pub. L. 106–113, §1000(a)(9) [title IV, §4507(7)(C)], in third par., inserted "by the publication of the application or" after "disclosure of the invention" and "the publication of the application or" after "withhold".
Pub. L. 106–113, §1000(a)(9) [title IV, §4507(7)(D)], inserted "the publication of an application or" after "kept secret and" in first sentence of fourth par.
Amendment by section 1000(a)(9) [title IV, §4507(7)] of Pub. L. 106–113 effective Nov. 29, 2000, and applicable only to applications (including international applications designating the United States) filed on or after that date, see section 1000(a)(9) [title IV, §4508] of Pub. L. 106–113, as amended, set out as a note under section 10 of this title.
Amendment by section 1000(a)(9) [title IV, §4732(a)(10)(B)] of 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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