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Year of Version
2002
Dates
Adopted:
June 1, 2002
Type of Text
IP-related Laws
Subject Matter
Patents (Inventions),
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Notes
From the preface:
"This compilation of statutes and materials pertaining to nuclear regulatory legislation through the 107th Congress, 1st Session, has been prepared by the Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, with the assistance of staff[...]".
The document includes the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, which removed from the realm of patentable subject matter any invention with the sole purpose of utilizing atomic energy or material in an atomic weapon. The Act also revoked any existing patents for such inventions. See 42 USC § 2181 - Inventions Relating to Atomic Weapons and Filing of Reports.
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