Title 50War and National DefenseRelease 119-73

§4324 Return by Custodian, to United States, of payments under licenses, assignments or sales of patents

Title 50 › Chapter CHAPTER 53— - TRADING WITH THE ENEMY › § 4324

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Alien Property Custodian must return any payment the United States made him for patents, patent rights, claims, or patent applications.

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Title 50, §4324

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The Alien Property Custodian is authorized and directed to return to the United States any consideration paid to him by the United States under any license, assignment, or sale by the Alien Property Custodian to the United States of any patent (or any right therein or claim thereto, and including an application therefor and any patent issued pursuant to any such application).

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Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 27 of the former Appendix to this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Executive Documents

Transfer of Functions

Functions vested by law in Alien Property Custodian and Office of Alien Property Custodian transferred to Attorney General by Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1947, § 101, eff. July 1, 1947, 12 F.R. 4534, 61 Stat. 951, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

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50 U.S.C. § 4324

Title 50War and National Defense

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73