Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-102
§2189 Federally Financed Research
Title 42 › CHAPTER 23 — DEVELOPMENT AND CONTROL OF ATOMIC ENERGY › SUBCHAPTER XII — PATENTS AND INVENTIONS › § 2189
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The Commission can require patents from federally funded research be assigned to United States.
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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
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102