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PUBLIC LAW 5 9 3 - J U L Y 19, 1952

CHAPTER 16—DESIGNS Sec. 171. Patents for designs. 172. Right of priority. 173. Term of design patent.

§ 171. Patents for designs Whoever invents any new, original and ornamental design for an article of manufacture may obtain a patent therefor, subject to the conditions and requirements of this title. The provisions of this title relating to patents for inventions shall apply to patents for designs, except as otherwise provided. § 172. Right of priority The right of priority provided for by section 119 of this title and the time specified in section 102(d) shall be six months in the case of designs. § 173. Term of design patent Patents for designs may be granted for the term of three years and six months, or for seven years, or for fourteen years, as the applicant, in his application, elects. CHAPTER 17—SECRECY OF CERTAIN INVENTIONS A N D FILING APPLICATIONS IN FOREIGN COUNTRY Sec.

181. 182. 183. 184. 185. 186. 187. 188.

Secrecy of certain inventions and withholding of patent. Abandonment of invention for unauthorized disclosure. Right of compensation. Filing of application in foreign country. Patent barred for filing without license. Penalty. Nonapplicability to certain persons. Rules and regulations, delegation of power.

§ 181. Secrecy of certain inventions and withholding of patent Whenever publication or disclosure by the grant of a patent on an invention in which the Government has a property interest might, in the opinion of the head of the interested Government agency, be detrimental to the national security, the Commissioner upon being so notified shall order that the invention be kept secret and shall withhold the grant of a patent therefor under the conditions set forth hereinafter. Whenever the publication or disclosure of an invention by the granting of a patent, in which the Government does not have a property interest, might, in the opinion of the Commissioner, be detrimental to the national security, he shall make the application for patent in which such invention is disclosed available for inspection to the Atomic Energy Commission, the Secretary of Defense, and the chief officer of any other department or agency of the Government designated by the President as a defense agency of the United States. Each individual to whom the application is disclosed shall sign a dated acknowledgment thereof, which acknowledgment shall be entered in the file of the application. If, in the opinion of the Atomic Energy Commission, the Secretary of a Defense Department, or the chief officer of another department or agency so designated, the publication or disclosure of the invention by the granting of a patent therefor would be detrimental to the national security, the Atomic Energy Commission, the Secretary of a Defense Department, or such other chief officer shall notify the Commissioner and the Commissioner shall order that the invention be kept secret and shall withhold the grant of a patent for such period as the national interest requires, and

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