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[CITE: 35USC187]

 
                            TITLE 35--PATENTS
 
        PART II--PATENTABILITY OF INVENTIONS AND GRANT OF PATENTS
 
  CHAPTER 17--SECRECY OF CERTAIN INVENTIONS AND FILING APPLICATIONS IN 
                             FOREIGN COUNTRY
 
Sec. 187. Nonapplicability to certain persons

    The prohibitions and penalties of this chapter shall not apply to 
any officer or agent of the United States acting within the scope of his 
authority, nor to any person acting upon his written instructions or 
permission.

(July 19, 1952, ch. 950, 66 Stat. 808.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

    Based on Title 35, U.S.C., 1946 ed., Sec. 157 (Feb. 1, 1952, ch. 4, 
Sec. 7, 66 Stat. 6).
    Language is changed.
