Source: https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/USCODE-2011-title35/html/USCODE-2011-title35-partII-chap17.htm
Timestamp: 2016-10-22 18:05:17
Document Index: 608463809

Matched Legal Cases: ['§13206', '§1000', '§4732', '§1000', '§4507', '§1000', '§4507', '§1000', '§4507', '§1000', '§4507', '§1000', '§4732', '§20', '§20', '§9101', '§20']

181.Secrecy of certain inventions and withholding of patent.
182.Abandonment of invention for unauthorized disclosure.
183.Right to compensation.
184.Filing of application in foreign country.
185.Patent barred for filing without license.
186.Penalty.
187.Nonapplicability to certain persons.
188.Rules and regulations, delegation of power.
2002—Pub. L. 107–273, div. C, title III, §13206(a)(10), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1904, substituted “to” for “of” in item 183.
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.
(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.)
2011—Pub. L. 112–29 struck out “of this title” after “181”.
1999—Pub. L. 106–113 substituted “Commissioner of Patents” for “Commissioner” wherever appearing.
1992—Pub. L. 102–572 substituted “United States Court of Federal Claims” for “United States Claims Court” in two places.
1982—Pub. L. 97–164 substituted “United States Claims Court” for “Court of Claims” in two places.
Except when authorized by a license obtained from the Commissioner of Patents a person shall not file or cause or authorize to be filed in any foreign country prior to six months after filing in the United States an application for patent or for the registration of a utility model, industrial design, or model in respect of an invention made in this country. A license shall not be granted with respect to an invention subject to an order issued by the Commissioner of Patents pursuant to section 181 of this title without the concurrence of the head of the departments and the chief officers of the agencies who caused the order to be issued. The license may be granted retroactively where an application has been filed abroad through error and without deceptive intent and the application does not disclose an invention within the scope of section 181 of this title.
Pub. L. 112–29, §20(b), (j), (l), Sept. 16, 2011, 125 Stat. 333, 335, provided that, 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, this section is amended:
(2) in the second undesignated paragraph, by striking “The term” and inserting “(b) APPLICATION.—The term”;
(3) in the third undesignated paragraph, by striking “The scope” and inserting “(c) SUBSEQUENT MODIFICATIONS, AMENDMENTS, AND SUPPLEMENTS.—The scope”; and
1988—Pub. L. 100–418, §9101(b)(1)(A), substituted “filed abroad through error and without deceptive intent” for “inadvertently filed abroad” in first par.
Section 9101(d) of Pub. L. 100–418 provided that:
Section 9101(c) of Pub. L. 100–418 directed Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks to prescribe such regulations as necessary to implement the amendments made by section 9101 (amending sections 184 to 186 of this title).
Pub. L. 112–29, §20(c), (j), (l), Sept. 16, 2011, 125 Stat. 333, 335, provided that, 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, this section is amended by striking “and without deceptive intent” and by striking “of this title” each place that term appears. See 2011 Amendment note below.