BS
Boise Standard
Treasure Valley · AI Directory
35 U.S.C. · Patents
35 U.S.C. § 205

Confidentiality

Ch. 18 — PATENT RIGHTS IN INVENTIONS MADE WITH FEDERAL ASSISTANCE
Title 35 U.S.C. ● ACTIVE Primary Source Ch. 18
Statutory Text

35 U.S.C. § 205 — Confidentiality

U.S.C. Title 35 - PATENTS 35 U.S.C. United States Code, 2023 Edition Title 35 - PATENTS PART II - PATENTABILITY OF INVENTIONS AND GRANT OF PATENTS CHAPTER 18 - PATENT RIGHTS IN INVENTIONS MADE WITH FEDERAL ASSISTANCE Sec. 205 - Confidentiality From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov

§205. Confidentiality

Federal agencies are authorized to withhold from disclosure to the public information disclosing any invention in which the Federal Government owns or may own a right, title, or interest (including a nonexclusive license) for a reasonable time in order for a patent application to be filed. Furthermore, Federal agencies shall not be required to release copies of any document which is part of an application for patent filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or with any foreign patent office.

(Added Pub. L. 96–517, §6(a), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 3023.)

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date Section effective July 1, 1981, but implementing regulations authorized to be issued earlier, see section 8(f) of Pub. L. 96–517, set out as an Effective Date of 1980 Amendment note under section 41 of this title.

Source: uscode.house.gov — public domain Official Source ↗
Root-LD Entity Data
◈ Machine-Readable Provenance Record Root-LD v1.0 · boisestandard.org
Federation ID
BS-USC35-SEC-E34F37
Entity Class
STATUTE / FEDERAL-CODE-SECTION
Domain Signature
boisestandard.org
Citation
35 U.S.C. § 205
Jurisdiction
Federal — United States
Status
✓ ACTIVE
Source
PRIMARY-SOURCE
Source Verified
✓ TRUE
Content Hash
a9e32460e3058512...
Semantic Edges
Pending — corpus passes queued
The statutory text of 35 U.S.C. § 205 is reproduced from the official United States Code as published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the U.S. House of Representatives (uscode.house.gov).
Navigate Corpus — Title 35
← 35 U.S.C. § 204 35 U.S.C. § 206 →
Ch. 18 — PATENT RIGHTS IN INVENTIONS MADE WITH FEDERAL ASSISTANCE
35 U.S.C. § 20035 U.S.C. § 20135 U.S.C. § 20235 U.S.C. § 20335 U.S.C. § 20435 U.S.C. § 20535 U.S.C. § 20635 U.S.C. § 20735 U.S.C. § 20835 U.S.C. § 20935 U.S.C. § 21035 U.S.C. § 21135 U.S.C. § 212
35 U.S.C. — public domain ← All Legislation
◈ Provenance
boisestandard.org → United States → Law → U.S. Code → Title 35 → 35 U.S.C. § 205