Secrecy Orders

Category Abbreviation:
   PSEC
Category Description:

An order by the Commissioner of Patents that an invention be kept secret and to withhold the publication of an application or the grant of a patent due to national security concerns.

Required Warning Statement:

   

Required Dissemination Control:

   

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Inventions

Patent Applications

Examples

  • Invention where disclosure may be detrimental to the national security

Authorities

35 USC 181

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