Title 50 — War and National DefenseRelease 119-73not60
§4324 Return by Custodian, to United States, of Payments Under Licenses, Assignments or Sales of Patents
Title 50 › Chapter 53— TRADING WITH THE ENEMY › § 4324
Summary
The Alien Property Custodian must return to the United States any payment he got from the United States for giving the United States a patent, a patent right, or for making a license, assignment, or sale of a patent. This rule covers patent applications and any patents that are later issued from those 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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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 50 — War and National Defense
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60