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[CITE: 42USC2190]

 
                 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. 2190. Saving clause for prior patent applications

    Any patent application on which a patent was denied by the United 
States Patent and Trademark Office under sections 1811(a)(1), 
1811(a)(2), or 1811(b) \1\ of this title, and which is not prohibited by 
section 2181 or 2185 of this title may be reinstated upon application to 
the Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks within one year after August 
30, 1954 and shall then be deemed to have been continuously pending 
since its original filing date: Provided, however, That no patent issued 
upon any patent application so reinstated shall in any way furnish a 
basis of claim against the Government of the United States.
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(Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, title I, Sec. 160, as added Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 
1073, Sec. 1, 68 Stat. 948; amended Pub. L. 93-596, Sec. 3, Jan. 2, 
1975, 88 Stat. 1949; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 102-486, title IX, 
Sec. 902(a)(8), Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2944.)

                       References in Text

    Sections 1811(a)(1), 1811(a)(2), and 1811(b) of this title, referred 
to in text, were omitted from the Code in the general amendment and 
renumbering of act Aug. 1, 1946 (which was classified to section 1801 et 
seq. of this title) by act Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1073, 68 Stat. 919.

                         Change of Name

    Patent Office and Commissioner of Patents changed to Patent and 
Trademark Office and Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks, 
respectively, pursuant to Pub. L. 93-596, Sec. 3, Jan. 2, 1975, 88 Stat. 
1949, set out as a note under section 1 of Title 35, Patents.

                          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.
