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Code · U.S. Code · Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE · CHAPTER 23— DEVELOPMENT AND CONTROL OF ATOMIC ENERGY · SUBCHAPTER XII— PATENTS AND INVENTIONS · § 2185

§ 2185. Prior art

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In connection with applications for patents covered by this subchapter, the fact that the invention or discovery was known or used before shall be a bar to the patenting of such invention or discovery even though such prior knowledge or use was under secrecy within the atomic energy program of the United States.
(Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, title I, § 155, as added Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1073, § 1, 68 Stat. 947; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 102–486, title IX, § 902(a)(8), Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2944.)
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  • Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724
  • Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1073, § 1
  • 68 Stat. 947
  • Pub. L. 102–486, title IX, § 902(a)(8)
  • 106 Stat. 2944
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