§7608 Mandatory licensing

Summary

The Attorney General must decide, after the Administrator asks, whether two things are true. First, that to meet the rules in sections 7411, 7412, or 7521 a U.S. patent right being used or planned for public or commercial use is needed, is not reasonably available, and there is no reasonable alternative. Second, that not having that patent could greatly reduce competition or tend to create a monopoly in any line of business anywhere in the country.