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37 CFR 5.2 - Secrecy order.

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§ 5.2 Secrecy order.

(a) When notified by the chief officer of a defense agency that publication or disclosure of the invention by the granting of a patent would be detrimental to the national security, an order that the invention be kept secret will be issued by the Commissioner for Patents.

(b) Any request for compensation as provided in 35 U.S.C. 183 must not be made to the Patent and Trademark Office, but directly to the department or agency which caused the secrecy order to be issued.

(c) An application disclosing any significant part of the subject matter of an application under a secrecy order pursuant to paragraph (a) of this section also falls within the scope of such secrecy order. Any such application that is pending before the Office must be promptly brought to the attention of Licensing and Review, unless such application is itself under a secrecy order pursuant to paragraph (a) of this section. Any subsequently filed application containing any significant part of the subject matter of an application under a secrecy order pursuant to paragraph (a) of this section must either be hand-carried to Licensing and Review or mailed to the Office in compliance with § 5.1(a).

[24 FR 10381, Dec. 22, 1959, as amended at 62 FR 53203, Oct. 10, 1997; 65 FR 54683, Sept. 8, 2000]

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United States Code
U.S. Code: Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE

§ 2571 - Research, development and other studies

§ 2572 - Patents; availability to general public; protection of background rights

§ 2573 - Policy formulation

§ 2574 - Negotiation management

§ 2575 - Repealed. Pub. L. 105–277, div. G, subdiv. A, title XII, § 1222, Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–768

§ 2576 - Arms control information

§ 2577 - Verification of compliance

§ 2577a - Arms control verification

§ 2578 - Negotiating records

§ 2579 - Omitted

§ 3201 - Congressional declaration of policy

§ 3202 - Congressional statement of purpose

§ 3203 - Definitions

U.S. Code: Title 35 - PATENTS

§ 2 - Powers and duties

§ 41 - Patent fees; patent and trademark search systems

§ 156 - Extension of patent term

U.S. Code: Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE

§ 2011 - Congressional declaration of policy

§ 2012 - Congressional findings

§ 2013 - Purpose of chapter

§ 2014 - Definitions

§ 2015 - Transfer of property

§ 2015a - Cold standby

§ 2015b - Scholarship and fellowship program

§ 2015c - Partnership program with institutions of higher education

§ 2016 - Repealed. Pub. L. 105–85, div. C, title XXXI, § 3152(a)(1), Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 2042

§ 2017 - Authorization of appropriations

§ 2017a - Omitted

§ 2017a-1

§ 2017b - Omitted

§ 2018 - Agency jurisdiction

§ 2019 - Applicability of Federal Power Act

§ 2020 - Licensing of Government agencies

§ 2021 - Cooperation with States

§ 2021a - Storage or disposal facility planning

§ 2021b - Definitions

§ 2021c - Responsibilities for disposal of low-level radioactive waste

§ 2021d - Regional compacts for disposal of low-level radioactive waste

§ 2021e - Limited availability of certain regional disposal facilities during transition and licensing periods

§ 2021f - Emergency access

§ 2021g - Responsibilities of Department of Energy

§ 2021h - Alternative disposal methods

§ 2021i - Licensing review and approval

§ 2021j - Radioactive waste below regulatory concern

§ 2022 - Health and environmental standards for uranium mill tailings

§ 2023 - State authority to regulate radiation below level of regulatory concern of Nuclear Regulatory Commission

U.S. Code: Title 50, APPENDIX - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE

50a U.S. Code Rule - Congressional findings

50a U.S. Code Rule - Congressional declaration of policy

50a U.S. Code Rule - General provisions

§ 2403-1

§ 2403-1a

50a U.S. Code Rule - National security controls

50a U.S. Code Rule - Foreign policy controls

50a U.S. Code Rule - Short supply controls

50a U.S. Code Rule - Foreign boycotts

50a U.S. Code Rule - Procedures for hardship relief from export controls

50a U.S. Code Rule - Procedures for processing export license applications; other inquiries

50a U.S. Code Rule - Violations

50a U.S. Code Rule - Multilateral export control violations

50a U.S. Code Rule - Missile proliferation control violations

50a U.S. Code Rule - Chemical and biological weapons proliferation sanctions

50a U.S. Code Rule - Enforcement

50a U.S. Code Rule - Omitted

50a U.S. Code Rule - Administrative procedure and judicial review

50a U.S. Code Rule - Annual report

50a U.S. Code Rule - Administrative and regulatory authority

50a U.S. Code Rule - Definitions

50a U.S. Code Rule - Effect on other Acts

50a U.S. Code Rule - Authorization of appropriations

50a U.S. Code Rule - Effective date

50a U.S. Code Rule - Termination date

50a U.S. Code Rule - Savings provisions

U.S. Code: Title 50 - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE

§ 1701 - Unusual and extraordinary threat; declaration of national emergency; exercise of Presidential authorities

§ 1702 - Presidential authorities

§ 1703 - Consultation and reports

§ 1704 - Authority to issue regulations

§ 1705 - Penalties

§ 1706 - Savings provisions

§ 1707 - Multinational economic embargoes against governments in armed conflict with the United States

Statutes at Large

102 Stat. 1567

Public Laws

100-418

Presidential Documents

Executive Order ... 12938

Executive Order ... 13222

Notice ... Aug. 2, 2005

Title 37 published on 2014-07-01

The following are ALL rules, proposed rules, and notices (chronologically) published in the Federal Register relating to 37 CFR Part 5 after this date.

  • 2015-04-02; vol. 80 # 63 - Thursday, April 2, 2015
    1. 80 FR 17918 - Changes To Implement the Hague Agreement Concerning International Registration of Industrial Designs
      GPO FDSys XML | Text
      DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, United States Patent and Trademark Office
      Final rule.
      Effective date: The changes in this final rule take effect on May 13, 2015. Applicability date: The changes to 37 CFR 1.32, 1.46, 1.63, 1.76, and 1.175 in this final rule apply only to patent applications filed under 35 U.S.C. 111, 363, or 385 on or after September 16, 2012. The changes to 37 CFR 1.53(b) and (c) and 1.57(a)(4) in this final rule apply only to patent applications filed under 35 U.S.C. 111 on or after December 18, 2013.
      37 CFR Parts 1, 3, 5, 11, and 41
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