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Aren't patent applications public?
by spbaar 10y ago
Aren't patent applications public?
- zekevermillion 10y agoNot for 18 months, but the applicant can request earlier release. 35 U.S.C. 122 Confidential status of applications; publication of patent applications. * (b) PUBLICATION.— (1) IN GENERAL.— (A) Subject to paragraph (2), each application for a patent shall be published, in accordance with procedures determined by the Director, promptly after the expiration of a period of 18 months from the earliest filing date for which a benefit is sought under this title. At the request of the applicant, an application may be published earlier than the end of such 18-month period. ... (2) EXCEPTIONS.— (A) An application shall not be published if that application is— ... (ii) subject to a secrecy order under section 181 ;