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35 U.S.C. 4 Restrictions on officers and employees as to interest in patents. - Patent Laws
35 U.S.C. 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.
(Amended Jan. 2, 1975, Public Law 93-596, sec. 1, 88 Stat. 1949.)
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