---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 C.F.R. § 780.40"
title: "10"
number: "780.40"
heading: "Filing of application."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/10/780.40"
---

# §780.40. Filing of application.


An application to the Department, pursuant to section 153c of the Act, for the issuance of a license to use the invention or discovery covered by a patent useful in the production or utilization of special nuclear material or atomic energy shall be filed with the Board in accordance with requirements of [§ 780.5](/cfr/10/780.5.md).


## 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.