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[CITE: 42USC2189]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
          CHAPTER 23--DEVELOPMENT AND CONTROL OF ATOMIC ENERGY
 
                        Division A--Atomic Energy
 
                 SUBCHAPTER XII--PATENTS AND INVENTIONS
 
Sec. 2189. Federally financed research

    Nothing in this chapter shall affect the right of the Commission to 
require that patents granted on inventions, made or conceived during the 
course of federally financed research or operations, be assigned to the 
United States.

(Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, title I, Sec. 159, as added Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 
1073, Sec. 1, 68 Stat. 948; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 102-486, title 
IX, Sec. 902(a)(8), Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2944.)

                          Transfer of Functions

    Atomic Energy Commission abolished and functions transferred by 
sections 5814 and 5841 of this title. See, also, notes set out under 
those sections.
