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42 U.S.C. § 2181 — Inventions relating to atomic weapons, and filing of reports
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**(a) Denial of patent; revocation of prior patents** No patent shall hereafter be granted for any invention or discovery which is useful solely in the utilization of special nuclear material or atomic energy in an atomic weapon. Any patent granted for any such invention or discovery is revoked, and just compensation shall be made therefor.
**(b) Denial of rights; revocation of prior rights** No patent hereafter granted shall confer any rights with respect to any invention or discovery to the extent that such invention or discovery is used in the utilization of special nuclear material or atomic energy in atomic weapons. Any rights conferred by any patent heretofore granted for any invention or discovery are revoked to the extent that such invention or discovery is so used, and just compensation shall be made therefor.
**(c) Report of invention to Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office** Any person who has made or hereafter makes any invention or discovery useful in the production or utilization of special nuclear material or atomic energy, shall file with the Commission a report containing a complete description thereof unless such invention or discovery is described in an application for a patent filed with the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office by such person within the time required for the filing of such report. The report covering any such invention or discovery shall be filed on or before the one hundred and eightieth day after such person first discovers or first has reason to believe that such invention or discovery is useful in such production or utilization.
**(d) Report to Commission by Under Secreta
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**(a) Denial of patent; revocation of prior patents** No patent shall hereafter be granted for any invention or discovery which is useful solely in the utilization of special nuclear material or atomic energy in an atomic weapon. Any patent granted for any such invention or discovery is revoked, and just compensation shall be made therefor.
**(b) Denial of rights; revocation of prior rights** No patent hereafter granted shall confer any rights with respect to any invention or discovery to the extent that such invention or discovery is used in the utilization of special nuclear material or atomic energy in atomic weapons. Any rights conferred by any patent heretofore granted for any invention or discovery are revoked to the extent that such invention or discovery is so used, and just compensation shall be made therefor.
**(c) Report of invention to Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office** Any person who has made or hereafter makes any invention or discovery useful in the production or utilization of special nuclear material or atomic energy, shall file with the Commission a report containing a complete description thereof unless such invention or discovery is described in an application for a patent filed with the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office by such person within the time required for the filing of such report. The report covering any such invention or discovery shall be filed on or before the one hundred and eightieth day after such person first discovers or first has reason to believe that such invention or discovery is useful in such production or utilization.
**(d) Report to Commission by Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office** The Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office shall notify the Commission of all applications for patents heretofore or hereafter filed which, in his opinion, disclose inventions or discoveries required to be reported under subsection (c), and shall provide the Commission access to all such applications.
**(e) Confidential information; circumstances permitting disclosure** Reports filed pursuant to subsection (c) of this section, and applications to which access is provided under subsection (d) of this section, shall be kept in confidence by the Commission, and no information concerning the same given without authority of the inventor or owner unless necessary to carry out the provisions of any Act of Congress or in such special circumstances as may be determined by the Commission.
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**(a) Establishment.—** The United States Patent and Trademark Office is established as an agency of the United States, within the Department of Commerce. In carrying out its functions, the United States Patent and Trademark Office shall be subject to the policy direction of the Secretary of Commerce, but otherwise shall retain responsibility for decisions regarding the management and administration of its operations and shall exercise independent control of its budget allocations and expenditures, personnel decisions and processes, procurements, and other administrative and management functions in accordance with this title and applicable provisions of law. Those operations designed to grant and issue patents and those operations which are designed to facilitate the registration of trademarks shall be treated as separate operating units within the Office.
**(b) Offices.—** The United States Patent and Trademark Office shall maintain its principal office in the metropolitan Washington, D.C., area, for the service of process and papers and for the purpose of carrying out its functions. The United States Patent and Trademark Office shall be deemed, for purposes of venue in civil actions, to be a resident of the district in which its principal office is located, except where jurisdiction is otherwise provided by law. The United States Patent and Trademark Office may establish satellite offices in such other places in the United States as it considers necessary and appropriate in the conduct of its business.
**(c) Reference.—** For purposes of this title, the United States Patent and Trademark Office shall also be referred to as the “Office” and the “Patent and Trademark Office”.
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**(a) In General.—**
(1) **Written application.—** — An application for patent shall be made, or authorized to be made, by the inventor, except as otherwise provided in this title, in writing to the Director.
(2) **Contents.—** — Such application shall include—
(A) a specification as prescribed by section 112;
(B) a drawing as prescribed by section 113; and
(C) an oath or declaration as prescribed by section 115.
(3) **Fee, oath or declaration, and claims.—** — The application shall be accompanied by the fee required by law. The fee, oath or declaration, and 1 or more claims may be submitted after the filing date of the application, within such period and under such conditions, including the payment of a surcharge, as may be prescribed by the Director. Upon failure to submit the fee, oath or declaration, and 1 or more claims within such prescribed period, the application shall be regarded as abandoned.
(4) **Filing date.—** — The filing date of an application shall be the date on which a specification, with or without claims, is received in the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
**(b) Provisional Application.—**
(1) **Authorization.—** — A provisional application for patent shall be made or authorized to be made by the inventor, except as otherwise provided in this title, in writing to the Director. Such application shall include—
(A) a specification as prescribed by section 112(a); and
(B) a drawing as prescribed by section 113.
(2) **Claim.—** — A claim, as required by subsections (b) through (e) of section 112, shall not be required in a provisional application.
(3) **Fee.—** — The application shall be accompanied by the fee required by law. The fee may be submitted after the filing date of the application, within such period and under
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**(a) Patent Compensation Board** The Commission shall designate a Patent Compensation Board to consider applications under this section. The members of the Board shall receive a per diem compensation for each day spent in meetings or conferences, and all members shall receive their necessary traveling or other expenses while engaged in the work of the Board. The members of the Board may serve as such without regard to the provisions of sections 281, 283, or 284 11 See References in Text note below. of title 18, except in so far as such sections may prohibit any such member from receiving compensation in respect of any particular matter which directly involves the Commission or in which the Commission is directly interested.
**(b) Eligibility**
(1) Any owner of a patent licensed under section 2188 or 2183(b) or 2183(e) of this title, or any patent licensee thereunder may make application to the Commission for the determination of a reasonable royalty fee in accordance with such procedures as the Commission by regulation may establish.
(2) Any person seeking to obtain the just compensation provided in [section 2181 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section2181&num=0&edition=prelim) shall make application therefor to the Commission in accordance with such procedures as the Commission may by regulation establish.
(3) Any person making any invention or discovery useful in the production or utilization of special nuclear material or atomic energy, who is not entitled to compensation or a royalty therefor under this chapter and who has complied with the provisions of [section 2181(c) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section2181/c&num=0&edition=prelim) may make application
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TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
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unescorted access to a utilization facility,
radioactive material, or other property de-
scribed in subsection (a)(1)(B) or shall be
permitted access to safeguards information
under section 2167 of this title;
(C) to ensure that no final determination
may be made solely on the basis of informa-
tion provided under this section involving—
(i) an arrest more than 1 year old for
which there is no information of the dis-
position of the case; or
(ii) an arrest that resulted in dismissal
of the charge or an acquittal; and
(D) to protect individuals subject to
fingerprinting under this section from mis-
use of the criminal history records; and
(3) to provide each individual subject to
fingerprinting under this section with the
right to complete, correct, and explain infor-
mation contained in the criminal history
records prior to any final adverse determina-
tion.
(d) Use of biometric methods
The Commission may require a person or indi-
vidual to conduct fingerprinting under sub-
section (a)(1) by authorizing or requiring the use
of any alternative biometric method for identi-
fication that has been approved by—
(1) the Attorney General; and
(2) the Commission, by regulation.
(e) Processing fees; use of amounts collected
(1) The Commission may establish and collect
fees to process fingerprints and criminal history
records under this section.
(2) Notwithstanding section 3302(b) of title 31,
and to the extent approved in appropriation
Acts—
(A) a portion of the amounts collected under
this subsection in any fiscal year may be re-
tained and used by the Commission to carry
out this section; and
(B) the remaining portion of the amounts
collected under this subsection in such fiscal
year may be tra
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