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35 USC Sec. 200                                              
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    TITLE 35 - PATENTS


    PART II - PATENTABILITY OF INVENTIONS AND GRANT OF PATENTS


    CHAPTER 18 - PATENT RIGHTS IN INVENTIONS MADE WITH FEDERAL


         ASSISTANCE

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    Sec. 200. Policy and objective

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      It is the policy and objective of the Congress to use the patent


    system to promote the utilization of inventions arising from


    federally supported research or development; to encourage maximum


    participation of small business firms in federally supported


    research and development efforts; to promote collaboration between


    commercial concerns and nonprofit organizations, including


    universities; to ensure that inventions made by nonprofit


    organizations and small business firms are used in a manner to


    promote free competition and enterprise; to promote the


    commercialization and public availability of inventions made in the


    United States by United States industry and labor; to ensure that


    the Government obtains sufficient rights in federally supported


    inventions to meet the needs of the Government and protect the


    public against nonuse or unreasonable use of inventions; and to


    minimize the costs of administering policies in this area.

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    (Added Pub. L. 96-517, Sec. 6(a), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 3018.)

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                               EFFECTIVE DATE


       Chapter 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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                   SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS


      This section is referred to in title 10 section 2320; title 41


    section 418a.