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[CITE: 22USC526]

 
               TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
 
                    CHAPTER 10--HEMISPHERAL RELATIONS
 
                      SUBCHAPTER II--WAR MATERIALS
 
Sec. 526. Protection of patent rights

    The Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of the Navy shall in all 
contracts or agreements for the sale of such materiel fully protect the 
rights of all citizens of the United States who have patent rights in 
and to any such materiel which is authorized to be sold and the funds 
collected for royalties on such patents shall be paid to the owners and 
holders of such patents.

(June 15, 1940, ch. 365, Sec. 6, 54 Stat. 397; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, 
title II, Sec. 205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)

                         Change of Name

    Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of 
Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a) of 
act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section 205(a) of 
act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 
1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956, enacted ``Title 10, 
Armed Forces'' which in sections 3010 to 3013 continued Department of 
the Army under administrative supervision of Secretary of the Army.

                       Secretary of the Air Force

    For transfer of certain procurement and related functions and 
property, insofar as they pertain to Air Force, from Secretary of the 
Army and Department of the Army to Secretary of the Air Force and 
Department of the Air Force, see Secretary of Defense Transfer Order 
Nos. 6 [Sec. 1(a)(41)], eff. Jan. 15, 1948; 39 [Sec. 2zz], May 18, 1949.
