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[CITE: 35USC267]

 
                            TITLE 35--PATENTS
 
            PART III--PATENTS AND PROTECTION OF PATENT RIGHTS
 
               CHAPTER 27--GOVERNMENT INTERESTS IN PATENTS
 
Sec. 267. Time for taking action in Government applications

    Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 133 and 151 of this 
title, the Director may extend the time for taking any action to three 
years, when an application has become the property of the United States 
and the head of the appropriate department or agency of the Government 
has certified to the Director that the invention disclosed therein is 
important to the armament or defense of the United States.

(July 19, 1952, ch. 950, 66 Stat. 811; Pub. L. 106-113, div. B, 
Sec. 1000(a)(9) [title IV, Sec. 4732(a)(10)(A)], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 
Stat. 1536, 1501A-582.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

    Based on Title 35, U.S.C., 1946 ed., Sec. 37 (R.S. 4894, amended (1) 
Mar. 3, 1897, ch. 391, Sec. 4, 29 Stat. 692, 693, (2) July 6, 1916, ch. 
225, Sec. 1, 39 Stat. 345, 347-8, (3) Mar. 2, 1927, ch. 273, Sec. 1, 44 
Stat. 1335, (4) Aug. 7, 1939, ch. 568, 53 Stat. 1264).
    This provision, which appears as the last two sentences of the 
corresponding section of the present statute (see note to section 133) 
is made a separate section and rewritten in simpler form.


                               Amendments

    1999--Pub. L. 106-113 substituted ``Director'' for ``Commissioner'' 
in two places.


                    Effective Date of 1999 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 106-113 effective 4 months after Nov. 29, 1999, 
see section 1000(a)(9) [title IV, Sec. 4731] of Pub. L. 106-113, set out 
as a note under section 1 of this title.
