35 U.S.C. Chapter 17 — Secrecy of Certain Inventions and Filing Applications in Foreign Countries
8 provisions with full text from the MPEP’s Appendix L, at the same pinned revision as the manual. 1 are cited by a structured MPEP section so far, 10 mentions in all; the rest are served ahead of the chapters that cite them being annotated.
Provisions
8 · cited by §§ · mentions- 181Secrecy of certain inventions and withholding of patent9 §§10
- 182Abandonment of invention for unauthorized disclosure—
- 183Right to compensation—
- 184Filing of application in foreign country—
- 185Patent barred for filing without license—
- 186Penalty—
- 187Nonapplicability to certain persons—
- 188Rules and regulations, delegation of power—
Structure and headings from the MPEP’s Appendix L · MPEP Appendix L (Revision 01.2024). Citation counts cover the structured (annotated) part of the manual only.