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35 USC CHAPTER 27 - GOVERNMENT INTERESTS IN PATENTS 01/06/03

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TITLE 35 - PATENTS

PART III - PATENTS AND PROTECTION OF PATENT RIGHTS

CHAPTER 27 - GOVERNMENT INTERESTS IN PATENTS

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CHAPTER 27 - GOVERNMENT INTERESTS IN PATENTS

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Sec.

[266. Repealed.]

267. Time for taking action in Government applications.

AMENDMENTS

1965 - Pub. L. 89-83, Sec. 8, July 24, 1965, 79 Stat. 261, struck

out item 266 "Issue of patents without fees to Government

employees".

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35 USC Sec. 266 01/06/03

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TITLE 35 - PATENTS

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[Sec. 266. Repealed. Pub. L. 89-83, Sec. 8, July 24, 1965, 79 Stat.

261]

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Section, act July 19, 1952, ch. 950, Sec. 1, 66 Stat. 811,

provided for issuance of patents to government employees without

fees.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF REPEAL

Repeal effective three months after July 24, 1965, see section

7(a) of Pub. L. 89-83, set out as an Effective Date of 1965

Amendment note under section 41 of this title.

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35 USC Sec. 267 01/06/03

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TITLE 35 - PATENTS

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CHAPTER 27 - GOVERNMENT INTERESTS IN PATENTS

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Sec. 267. Time for taking action in Government applications

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Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 133 and 151 of this

title, 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.

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(July 19, 1952, ch. 950, 66 Stat. 811; Pub. L. 106-113, div. B,

Sec. 1000(a)(9) [title IV, Sec. 4732(a)(10)(A)], Nov. 29, 1999, 113

Stat. 1536, 1501A-582; Pub. L. 107-273, div. C, title III, Sec.

13206(b)(1)(B), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1906.)

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HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES

Based on Title 35, U.S.C., 1946 ed., Sec. 37 (R.S. 4894, amended

(1) Mar. 3, 1897, ch. 391, Sec. 4, 29 Stat. 692, 693, (2) July 6,

1916, ch. 225, Sec. 1, 39 Stat. 345, 347-8, (3) Mar. 2, 1927, ch.

273, Sec. 1, 44 Stat. 1335, (4) Aug. 7, 1939, ch. 568, 53 Stat.

1264).

This provision, which appears as the last two sentences of the

corresponding section of the present statute (see note to section

133) is made a separate section and rewritten in simpler form.

AMENDMENTS

2002 - Pub. L. 107-273 made technical correction to directory

language of Pub. L. 106-113. See 1999 Amendment note below.

1999 - Pub. L. 106-113, as amended by Pub. L. 107-273,

substituted "Director" for "Commissioner" in two places.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1999 AMENDMENT

Amendment by Pub. L. 106-113 effective 4 months after Nov. 29,

1999, see section 1000(a)(9) [title IV, Sec. 4731] of Pub. L.

106-113, set out as a note under section 1 of this title.

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