---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 C.F.R. § 780.24"
title: "10"
number: "780.24"
heading: "Criteria for declaring a patent affected with the public interest."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/10/780.24"
---

# §780.24. Criteria for declaring a patent affected with the public interest.


A patent shall be declared to be affected with the public interest pursuant to section 153a of the Act upon the Board's final decision that:

- (a) 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
- (b) The licensing of such invention or discovery under section 153 of the Act is of primary importance to effectuate the policies and purposes of the Act.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7151, 7254; 42 U.S.C. 5814, 5815; 42 U.S.C. 2183, 2187, 2223; 35 U.S.C. 183; North American Free Trade Agreement, Article 1709(10), as implemented by the North American Free Trade Agreement Implementing Act, Pub. L. 103-182.

### Source

Source: 46 FR 39581, Aug. 4, 1981, unless otherwise noted.