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§2189 Federally financed research

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 23— - DEVELOPMENT AND CONTROL OF ATOMIC ENERGY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER XII— - PATENTS AND INVENTIONS › § 2189

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Title 42, §2189

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Nothing in this chapter shall affect the right of the Commission to require that patents granted on inventions, made or conceived during the course of federally financed research or operations, be assigned to the United States.

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This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning act Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, as added by act Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1073, § 1, 68 Stat. 919, known as the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

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note set out under section 2011 of this title and Tables.

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42 U.S.C. § 2189

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

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Apr 6, 2026

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