{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42/s2185","title_num":"42","num":"§ 2185.","heading":"Prior art","status":null,"guid":"id7247bdca-4aa7-11eb-94f5-9ff2c44f6f3c","source_credit":"(Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, title I, § 155, as added Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1073, § 1, 68 Stat. 947; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 102–486, title IX, § 902(a)(8), Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2944.)","seq_in_title":2973,"parent_identifier":"/us/usc/t42/ch23/dA/schXII","ancestors":[{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42","level":"title","num":"Title 42—","heading":"THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42/ch23","level":"chapter","num":"CHAPTER 23—","heading":"DEVELOPMENT AND CONTROL OF ATOMIC ENERGY","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42/ch23/dA","level":"division","num":"Division A—","heading":"Atomic Energy","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42/ch23/dA/schXII","level":"subchapter","num":"SUBCHAPTER XII—","heading":"PATENTS AND INVENTIONS","status":null,"is_section":false}],"xml":"<section xmlns=\"http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0\" xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" xmlns:dc=\"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/\" xmlns:dcterms=\"http://purl.org/dc/terms/\" style=\"-uslm-lc:I80\" id=\"id8cf376f9-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t42/s2185\"><num value=\"2185\">§ 2185.</num><heading> Prior art</heading><content>\n<p style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\">In connection with applications for patents covered by this subchapter, the fact that the invention or discovery was known or used before shall be a bar to the patenting of such invention or discovery even though such prior knowledge or use was under secrecy within the atomic energy program of the United States.</p>\n</content><sourceCredit id=\"id8cf376fa-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f\">(<ref href=\"/us/act/1946-08-01/ch724\">Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724</ref>, title I, § 155, as added <ref href=\"/us/act/1954-08-30/ch1073/s1\">Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1073, § 1</ref>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/68/947\">68 Stat. 947</ref>; renumbered title I, <ref href=\"/us/pl/102/486/tIX/s902/a/8\">Pub. L. 102–486, title IX, § 902(a)(8)</ref>, <date date=\"1992-10-24\">Oct. 24, 1992</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/106/2944\">106 Stat. 2944</ref>.)</sourceCredit>\n<notes type=\"uscNote\" id=\"id8cf376fb-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f\">\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I85\" topic=\"transferOfFunctions\" id=\"id8cf376fc-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f\">\n<heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Transfer of Functions</heading>\n<p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">Atomic Energy Commission abolished and functions transferred by sections 5814 and 5841 of this title. See, also, notes set out under those sections.</p>\n</note>\n</notes>\n</section>","provision":null,"duplicates":[],"release":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"served_from":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"content_first_seen":{"label":"116-19","currency_date":"2019-05-31","congress":116,"law_num":19,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":174,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["25","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"is_exact":true,"note":null}