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Ingested titles 12–51 and 54 from OLRC USLM XML @119-100 (the whole Code now, uniform edition; Title 53 is reserved/empty). LegalText 11,221 -> 59,740; repo total 105,704 records. Deterministic (byte-identical rerun, verified on Title 42's 8,356 sections); make check green. make legal-us-code default now covers every title. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "LegalText"
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title: "35 U.S.C. § 205"
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description: "Confidentiality"
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jurisdiction: "us"
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corpus: "united_states_code"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 35
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title_name: "PATENTS"
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chapter_number: "18"
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chapter_name: "PATENT RIGHTS IN INVENTIONS MADE WITH FEDERAL ASSISTANCE"
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section: "205"
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citation: "35 U.S.C. § 205"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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source: "official"
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---
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# 35 U.S.C. § 205 - Confidentiality
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## Text
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Federal agencies are authorized to withhold from disclosure to the public information disclosing any invention in which the Federal Government owns or may own a right, title, or interest (including a nonexclusive license) for a reasonable time in order for a patent application to be filed. Furthermore, Federal agencies shall not be required to release copies of any document which is part of an application for patent filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or with any foreign patent office.
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(Added Pub. L. 96–517, § 6(a), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 3023.)
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## Notes
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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
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Effective DateSection effective July 1, 1981, but implementing regulations authorized to be issued earlier, see section 8(f) of Pub. L. 96–517, set out as an Effective Date of 1980 Amendment note under section 41 of this title.
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