§3480. Copyrights and patents
20 U.S.C. § 3480
The Secretary is authorized to acquire any of the following described rights if the property acquired thereby is for use by or for, or useful to, the Department:
copyrights, patents, and applications for patents, designs, processes, and manufacturing data;
licenses under copyrights, patents, and applications for patents; and
releases, before suit is brought, for past infringement of patents or copyrights.
Notes, amendments, and revision history
(Pub. L. 96–88, title IV, § 420, Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 687.)