---
kind: "unit"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
key: "ch23/dA/schXII"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter XII"
heading: "Patents and Inventions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/ch23-dA-schXII"
sections_count: 10
---

# Subchapter XII — Patents and Inventions

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 23 — Development and Control of Atomic Energy › Division A — Atomic Energy

## Sections

- [§2181. Inventions relating to atomic weapons, and filing of reports](/usc/42/2181.md)
- [§2182. Inventions conceived during Commission contracts; ownership; waiver; hearings](/usc/42/2182.md)
- [§2183. Nonmilitary utilization](/usc/42/2183.md)
- [§2184. Injunctions; measure of damages](/usc/42/2184.md)
- [§2185. Prior art](/usc/42/2185.md)
- [§2186. Commission patent licenses](/usc/42/2186.md)
- [§2187. Compensation, awards, and royalties](/usc/42/2187.md)
- [§2188. Monopolistic use of patents](/usc/42/2188.md)
- [§2189. Federally financed research](/usc/42/2189.md)
- [§2190. Saving clause for prior patent applications](/usc/42/2190.md)