General provisions. 42 U.S.C. Bec. 2166. war or period of national disaster due to enemy attack to employ individuals and to permit individuals access to Restricted Data pending the investigation report, and determination required by section 145 b., to the extent that and so long as the Commission finds that such action is required to prevent impairment of its activities in furtherance of the common defense and security.97 "SEC. 146. GENERAL PROVISIONS. "a. Sections 141 to 145, inclusive, shall not exclude the applicable provisions of any other laws, except that no Government agency shall take any action under such other laws inconsistent with the provisions of those sections. "b. The Commission shall have no power to control or restrict the dissemination of information other than as granted by this or any other law. 97 Public Law 87-206 (75 Stat. 475) (1961), sec. 6, amended sec. 145 by redesignating subsec. c. as subsec. d. and subsec. g. as subsec. h. This amendment also added new subsecs. "c", "e", "f", and "g". Before amendment, the section read as follows: "SEC. 145. RESTRICTIONS. "a. No arrangement shall be made under section 31, no contract shall be made or continued in effect under section 41, and no license shall be issued under section 103 or 104, unless the person with whom such arrangement is made, the contractor or prospective contractor, or the prospective licensee agrees in writing not to permit any individual to have access to Restricted Data until the Civil Service Commission shall have made an investigation and report to the Commission on the character, associations, and loyalty of such individual, and the Commission shall have determined that permitting such person to have access to Restricted Data will not endanger the common defense and security. "b. Except as authorized by the Commission or the General Manager upon a determination by the Commission or General Manager that such action is clearly consistent with the national interest, no individual shali be employed by the Commission nor shall the Commission permit any individual to have access to Restricted Data until the Civil Service Commission shall have made an investigation and report to the Commission oa the character, associations, and loyalty of such individual, and the Conimission shall have determined that permitting such person to have access to Restricted Data will not endanger the common defense and security. "c. In the event an investigation made pursuant to subsections a. and b. of this section develops any data reflecting that the individual who 19 the subject of the investigation is of questionable loyalty, the Civil Service Commission shall refer the matter to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for the conduct of a full field investigation, the results of which shall do furnished to the Civil Service Commission for its information and appropriate action. "d. If the President deems it to be in the national interest, he may from time to time cause investigations of any group or class which are required by subsections a. and b. of this section to be made by the Federal Bureau of Investigation instead of by the Civil Service Commission. "e. Notwithstanding the provisons of subsections a. and b. of this section, a majority of the members of the Commission shall certify those specific positions which are of a high degree of importance or sensitivity and upon such certification the investigation and reports required by such provisions shall be made by the Federal Bureau of Investigation instead of by the Civil Service Commission. "f. The Commission shall establish standards and specifications in writing as to the scope and extent of investigations to be made by the Civil Service Commission pursuant to subsections a. and b. of this section. Such standards and specifications shall be based on the location and class or kind of work to be done, and shall, among other considerations, tak into account the degree of importance to the common defense and security of the Restricted Data to which access will be permitted. "g. Whenever the Congress declares that a state of war exists, or in the event of a national disaster due to enemy attack, the Commission is an thorized during the state of war or period of national disaster due to enemy attack to employ individuals and to permit individuals access to Restricted Data pending the investigation report, and determination required by section 145 b., to the extent that and so long as the Commission finds that such action is required to prevent impairment of its activi ties in furtherance of the common defense and security." “CHAPTER 13. PATENTS AND INVENTIONS "SEC. 151. INVENTIONS RELATING TO ATOMIC WEAPONS, AND FILING OF REPORTS.—97a Inventions relating to atomic weapons. 42 U.S.C. "a. No patent shall hereafter be granted for any invention or discovery which is useful solely in the utili- sec. 2181. zation of special nuclear material or atomic energy in an atomic weapon. Any patent granted for any such invention or discovery is hereby revoked, and just compensation shall be made therefor. "b. No patent hereafter granted shall confer any rights with respect to any invention or discovery to the extent that such invention or discovery is used in the utilization of special nuclear material or atomic energy in atomic weapons. Any rights conferred by any patent heretofore granted for any invention or discovery are hereby revoked to the extent that such invention or discovery is so used, and just compensation shall be made therefor. "c. Any person who has made or hereafter makes any Inventions invention or discovery useful in the production or utili- reports. zation of special nuclear material or atomic energy, shall file with the Commission a report containing a complete description thereof unless such invention or discovery is described in an application for a patent filed with the Commissioner of Patents by such person within the time required for the filing of such report. The report covering any such invention or discovery shall be filed on or before the one hundred and eightieth day after such person first discovers or first has reason to believe that such invention or discovery is useful in such production or utilization.98 "d. The Commissioner of Patents shall notify the Commission of all applications for patents heretofore or hereafter filed which, in his opinion, disclose inventions or discoveries required to be reported under subsection 151 c., and shall provide the Commission access to all such applications. "e. Reports filed pursuant to subsection c. of this section, and applications to which access is provided under subsection d. of this section, shall be kept in confidence by 97a Public Law 87-206 (75 Stat. 475) (1961), sec. 7, changed the title of this section. The title prior to amendment was "Military Utilization." 98 Public Law 87-206 (75 Stat. 475) (1961), sec. 8, amended sec. 151c. Before amendment section 151c. read as follows: "c. Any person who has made or hereafter makes any invention or discovery useful (1) in the production or utilization of special nuclear material or atomic energy; (2) in the utilization of special nuclear material in an atomic weapon; or (3) in the utilization of atomic energy in an atomic weapon, shall file with the Commission a report containing a complete description thereof unless such invention or discovery is described in an application for a patent filed with the Commissioner of Patents by such person within the time required for the filing of such report. The report covering any such invention or discovery shall be filed on or before whichever of the following is the later either the ninetieth day after completion of such invention or discovery; or the ninetieth day after such person first discovers or first has reason to believe that such invention or discovery is useful in such production or utilization." Invention con- the Commission, and no information concerning the same given without authority of the inventor or owner unless necessary to carry out the provisions of any Act of Congress or in such special circumstances as may be determined by the Commission.99 "SEC. 152. INVENTIONS MADE OR CONCEIVED DURING COMMISSION CONTRACTS.-Any invention or discovery, useful in the production or utilization of special nuclear material or atomic energy, made or conceived in the course of or under any contract, subcontract, or arrangement entered into with or for the benefit of the Commission, regardless of whether the contract, subcontract, or arrangement involved the expenditure of funds by the Commission, shall be vested in, and be the property of, the Commission, except that the Commission may waive its claim to any such invention or discovery under such circumstances as the Commission may deem appropriate, consistent with the policy of this section. No patent for any invention or discovery, useful in the production or utilization of special nuclear material or atomic energy, shall be issued unless the applicant files with the application, or within thirty days after request there for by the Commissioner of Patents (unless the Commission advises the Commissioner of Patents that its rights have been determined and that accordingly no statement is necessary) a statement under oath setting forth the full facts surrounding the making or conception of the invention or discovery described in the application and whether the invention or discovery was made or conceived in the course of or under any contract, subcontract, or arrangement entered into with or for the benefit of the Commission, regardless of whether the contract, subcontract, or arrangement involved the expenditure of funds by the Commission. The Commissioner of Patents shall as soon as the application is otherwise in condition for allowance 100 forward copies of the application and the statement to the Commission. "The Commissioner of Patents may proceed with the application and issue the patent to the applicant (if the invention or discovery is otherwise patentable) unless the Commission, within 90 days after receipt of copies of the application and statement, directs the Commissioner of Patents to issue the patent to the Commission (if the invention or discovery is otherwise patentable) to be held by the Commission as the agent of and on behalf of the United States. "If the Commission files such a direction with the Commissioner of Patents, and if the applicant's statement claims, and the applicant still believes, that the invention or discovery was not made or conceived in the Public Law 87-206 (75 Stat. 475) (1961), see 9. added subsec. e. 100 Amended by Public Law 87-615 (76 Stat. 409) (1962), sec. 11. Prior to amendment word was "allowances". for under any contract, subcontract or arrangetered into with or for the benefit of the Commisitling the Commission to the title to the applicathe patent the applicant may, within 30 days ɔtification of the filing of such a direction, request ng before a Board of Patent Interferences. The shall have the power to hear and determine er the Commission was entitled to the direction ith the Commissioner of Patents. The Board shall the rules and procedures established for intere cases and an appeal may be taken by either the cant or the Commission from the final order of the 1 to the Court of Customs and Patent Appeals in dance with the procedures governing the appeals the Board of Patent Interferences. f the statement filed by the applicant should therebe found to contain false material statements any fication by the Commission that it has no objections he issuance of a patent to the applicant shall not be med in any respect to constitute a waiver of the proons of this section or of any applicable civil or crim1 statute, and the Commission may have the title to patent transferred to the Commission on the records the Commissioner of Patents in accordance with the ovisions of this section. A determination of rights by e Commission pursuant to a contractual provision or her arrangement prior to the request of the Commisoner of Patents for the statement, shall be final in the bsence of false material statements or nondisclosure of naterial facts by the applicant.101 九 101 Public Law 87-206 (75 Stat. 475) (1961), sec. 10, amended sec. 152. Before amendment this section read as follows: "SEC. 152. INVENTIONS CONCEIVED DURING COMMISSION CONTRACTS.Any invention or discovery, useful in the production or utilization of special nuclear material or atomic energy, made or conceived under any contract, subcontract, arrangement, or other relationship with the Commission, regardless of whether the contract or arrangement involved the expenditure of funds by the Commission, shall be deemed to have been made or conceived by the Commission, except that the Commission may waive its claim to any such invention or discovery if made or conceived by any person at or in connection with any laboratory under the jurisdiction of the Commission as provided in section 33, or under such other circumstances as the Commission may deem appropriate. No patent for any invention or discovery, useful in the production or utilization of special nuclear material or atomic energy, shall be issued unless the applicant files with the application, or within 30 days after request therefor by the Commissioner of Patents, a statement under oath setting forth the full facts surrounding the making or conception of the invention or discovery described in the application and whether the invention or discovery was made or conceived in the course of, in connection with or under the terms of any contract, subcontract, arrangement. or other relationship with the Commission. regardless of whether the contract or arrangement involved the expenditure of funds by the Commission. The Commissioner of Patents shall forthwith forward copies of the application and the statement to the Commission. "The Commissioner of Patents may proceed with the application and issue the patent to the applicant (if the invention or discovery is otherwise patentable) unless the Commission, within 90 days after receipt of copies of the application and statement, directs the Commissioner of Patents to issue the patent to the Commission (if the invention or discovery is otherwise patentable) to be held by the Commission as the agent of and on behalf of the United States. "If the Commission files such a direction with the Commissioner of Patents, and if the applicant's statement claims. and the applicant still believes, that the invention or discovery was not made or conceived in the course of, in connection with, or under the terms of any contract, subcon(Continued) Nonmilitary utilization. 42 U.S.C. Sec. 2183. "SEC. 153. NONMILITARY UTILIZATION.— "a. The Commission may, after giving the patent owner an opportunity for a hearing, declare any patent to be affected with the public interest if (1) the invention or discovery covered by the patent is of primary importance in the production or utilization of special nuclear material or atomic energy; and (2) the licensing of such invention or discovery under this section is of primary importance to effectuate the policies and purposes of this Act. "b. Whenever any patent has been declared affected with the public interest, pursuant to subsection 153 a.— "(1) the Commission is hereby licensed to use the invention or discovery covered by such patent in performing any of its powers under this Act; and "(2) any person may apply to the Commission for a nonexclusive patent license to use the invention or discovery covered by such patent, and the Commission shall grant such patent license to the extent that it finds that the use of the invention or discovery is of primary importance to the conduct of an activity by such person authorized under this Act. "c. Any person "(1) who has made application to the Commission for a license under sections 53, 62, 63, 81, 103, or 104, or a permit or lease under section 67; "(2) to whom such license, permit, or lease has been issued by the Commission; "(3) who is authorized to conduct such activities as such applicant is conducting or proposes to conduct under a general license issued by the Commission under sections 62 or 81; or "(4) whose activities or proposed activities are authorized under section 31, may at any time make application to the Commission for a patent license for the use of an invention or discovery useful in the production or utilization of special nuclear material or atomic energy covered by a patent. Each such application shall set forth the nature and pur (Continued) tract, arrangement. or other relationship with the Commission entitling the Commission to take title to the application or the patent the applicant may, within 30 days after notification of the filing of such a direction. request a hearing before a Board of Patent Interferences. The Board shall have the power to hear and determine whether the Commission was entitled to the direction filed with the Commissioner of Patents. The Board shall follow the rules and procedures established for interference cases and an appeal may be taken by either the applicant or the Commission from the final order of the Board to the Court of Customs and Patent Appeals in accordance with the procedures governing the appeals from the Board of Patent Interferences. "If the statement filed by the applicant should thereafter be found to contain false material statements any notification by the Commission that it has no objections to the issuance of a patent to the applicant shall not be deemed in any respect to constitute a waiver of the provisions of this section or of any applicable civil or criminal statute. and the Commission may have the title to the patent transferred to the Commission on the records of the Commissioner of Patents in accordance with the provisions of this section.' |