35 U.S.C. § 200 - Policy and objective

• Cite as: 35 U.S.C. § 200

It is the policy and objective of the Congress to use the patent system to promote the utilization of inventions...

Cite as 35 U.S.C. § 200

Source: Added Pub. L. 96-517, §6(a), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 3018; amended Pub. L. 106-404, §5, Nov. 1, 2000, 114 Stat. 1745.

Notes from the Office of Law Revision Counsel

current through 5/22/2023

EDITORIAL NOTES

AMENDMENTS

2000- Pub. L. 106-404 substituted "enterprise without unduly encumbering future research and discovery;" for "enterprise;".

STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES

EFFECTIVE DATE

Section 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.

SHORT TITLE

This chapter is popularly known as the Bayh-Dole Act. section 6(a) of Pub. L. 96-517, Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 3018, which enacted this chapter, is also popularly known as the Bayh-Dole Act and also as the University and Small Business Patent Procedures Act of 1980. For complete classification of section 6(a) of Pub. L. 96-517 to the Code, see Tables.