U.S. Code
- Title 1 General Provisions
- Title 2 The Congress
- Title 3 The President
- Title 4 Flag and Seal, Seat Of Government,and the States
- Title 5 Government Organization and Employees
- Appendix to Title 5
- Title 6 Domestic Security
- Title 7 Agriculture
- Title 8 Aliens and Nationality
- Title 9 Arbitration
- Title 10 Armed Forces
- Appendix to Title 10 (Rules of Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces)
- Title 11 Bankruptcy
- Appendix to Title 11
- Title 12 Banks and Banking
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- Title 15 Commerce and Trade
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- Appendix to Title 18
- Title 19 Customs Duties
- Title 20 Education
- Title 21 Food and Drugs
- Title 22 Foreign Relations and Intercourse
- Title 23 Highways
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- Title 25 Indians
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- Appendix to Title 26
- Title 27 Intoxicating Liquors
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- Appendix to Title 28
- Title 29 Labor
- Title 30 Mineral Lands and Mining
- Title 31 Money and Finance
- Title 32 National Guard
- Title 33 Navigation and Navigable Waters
- Title 34 Navy (repealed)
- Title 35 Patents
- Title 36 Patriotic Societies and Observances
- Title 37 Pay and Allowances Of the Uniformed Services
- Title 38 Veterans' Benefits
- Appendix to Title 38 (Rules of Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims()
- Title 39 Postal Service
- Title 40 Public Buildings, Property, and Works
- Title 41 Public Contracts
- Title 42 The Public Health and Welfare
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- Title 44 Public Printing and Documents
- Title 45 Railroads
- Title 46 Shipping
- Appendix to Title 46
- Title 47 Telegraphs, Telephones, and Radiotelegraphs
- Title 48 Territories and Insular Possessions
- Title 49 Transportation
- Title 50 War and National Defense
- Appendix to Title 50
§ 666. Public-availability requirement; national defense; patent agreements
No research shall be carried out, contracted for, sponsored, cosponsored, or authorized under authority of this chapter, unless all information, uses, products, processes, patents, and other developments resulting from such research will (with such exceptions and limitations, if any, as the Secretary may find to be necessary in the interest of national defense) be available to the general public. Whenever in the estimation of the Secretary the purposes of this chapter would be furthered through the use of patented processes or equipment, the Secretary is authorized to enter into such agreements as he deems necessary for the acquisition or use of such patents on reasonable terms and conditions.
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