Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-102
§526 Protection of Patent Rights
Title 22 › CHAPTER 10 — HEMISPHERAL RELATIONS › SUBCHAPTER II — WAR MATERIALS › § 526
Summary
The Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of the Navy must protect U.S. citizens' patent rights in every contract to sell military equipment. Any royalty money collected from those sales must be paid to the patent owners.
Full Legal Text
Title 22, §526
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The Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of the Navy shall in all contracts or agreements for the sale of such matériel fully protect the rights of all citizens of the United States who have patent rights in and to any such matériel which is authorized to be sold and the funds collected for royalties on such patents shall be paid to the owners and holders of such patents.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a) of act
July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. section 205(a) of act
July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956, enacted “Title 10, Armed Forces” which in sections 3010 to 3013 continued Department of the Army under administrative supervision of Secretary of the Army.
Executive Documents
Secretary of the Air Force For transfer of certain procurement and related functions and property, insofar as they pertain to Air Force, from Secretary of the Army and Department of the Army to Secretary of the Air Force and Department of the Air Force, see Secretary of Defense Transfer Order Nos. 6 [§ 1(a)(41)], eff. Jan. 15, 1948; 39 [§ 2zz], May 18, 1949.
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Citation
22 U.S.C. § 526
Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102