Patents - 35 USC Section 4
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01/19/04
Sec. 4. Restrictions on officers and employees as to interest in
patents
Officers and employees of the Patent and Trademark Office shall
be incapable, during the period of their appointments and for one
year thereafter, of applying for a patent and of acquiring,
directly or indirectly, except by inheritance or bequest, any
patent or any right or interest in any patent, issued or to be
issued by the Office. In patents applied for thereafter they shall
not be entitled to any priority date earlier than one year after
the termination of their appointment.
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