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CHAPTER 18⁠—PATENT RIGHTS IN INVENTIONS MADE WITH FEDERAL ASSISTANCE — Front Matter

Chap.Sec.
200.Policy and objective.
201.Definitions.
202.Disposition of rights.
203.March-in rights.
204.Preference for United States industry.
205.Confidentiality.
206.Uniform clauses and regulations.
207.Domestic and foreign protection of federally owned inventions.
208.Regulations governing Federal licensing.
209.Licensing federally owned inventions.
210.Precedence of chapter.
211.Relationship to antitrust laws.
212.Disposition of rights in educational awards.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2000⁠—Pub. L. 106–404, § 4(b), Nov. 1, 2000, 114 Stat. 1744, substituted “Licensing federally owned inventions” for “Restrictions on licensing of federally owned inventions” in item 209.

1984⁠—Pub. L. 98–620, title V, § 501(15), Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3368, added item 212.

1982⁠—Pub. L. 97–256, title I, § 101(5), Sept. 8, 1982, 96 Stat. 816, redesignated chapter 38, as added by Pub. L. 96–517, § 6(a), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 3018, comprising sections 200 to 211, as chapter 18, and transferred chapter 18, as so redesignated, to end of this part from end of part IV.