42 USC § 2189 - Federally financed research

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title: "42 USC § 2189 - Federally financed research"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "2189"
section_name: "Federally financed research"
chapter_number: 23
chapter_name: "DEVELOPMENT AND CONTROL OF ATOMIC ENERGY"
subchapter_number: "XII"
subchapter_name: "PATENTS AND INVENTIONS"
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last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, title I, § 159, as added Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1073, § 1, 68 Stat. 948; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 102–486, title IX, § 902(a)(8), Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2944.)"
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# § 2189. Federally financed research

Nothing in this chapter shall affect the right of the Commission to require that patents granted on inventions, made or conceived during the course of federally financed research or operations, be assigned to the United States.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, title I, § 159, as added Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1073, § 1, 68 Stat. 948; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 102–486, title IX, § 902(a)(8), Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2944.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning , as added by , , known as the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under  and Tables.