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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. § 208"
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description: "Regulations governing Federal licensing"
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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: "208"
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citation: "35 U.S.C. § 208"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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source: "official"
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# 35 U.S.C. § 208 - Regulations governing Federal licensing
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## Text
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The Secretary of Commerce is authorized to promulgate regulations specifying the terms and conditions upon which any federally owned invention, other than inventions owned by the Tennessee Valley Authority, may be licensed on a nonexclusive, partially exclusive, or exclusive basis.
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(Added Pub. L. 96–517, § 6(a), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 3024; amended Pub. L. 98–620, title V, § 501(12), Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3367.)
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## Notes
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Editorial Notes
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Amendments1984—Pub. L. 98–620 substituted “Secretary of Commerce” for “Administrator of General Services”.
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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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