[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 22, Volume 1, Parts 1 to 299]
[Revised as of April 1, 1999]
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[CITE: 22CFR125.2]

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                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS
 
                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
PART 125--LICENSES FOR THE EXPORT OF TECHNICAL DATA AND CLASSIFIED DEFENSE ARTICLES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 125.2  Exports of unclassified technical data.

    (a) A license (DSP-5) is required for the export of unclassified 
technical data unless the export is exempt from the licensing 
requirements of this subchapter. In the case of a plant visit, details 
of the proposed discussions must be transmitted to the Office of Defense 
Trade Controls for an appraisal of the technical data. Seven copies of 
the technical data or the details of the discussion must be provided.
    (b) Patents. A license issued by the Office of Defense Trade 
Controls is required for the export of technical data whenever the data 
exceeds that which is used to support a domestic filing of a patent 
application or to support a foreign filing of a patent application 
whenever no domestic application has been filed. Requests for the filing 
of patent applications in a foreign country, and requests for the filing 
of amendments, modifications or supplements to such patents, should 
follow the regulations of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in 
accordance with 37 CFR part 5. The export of technical data to support 
the filing and processing of patent applications in foreign countries is 
subject to regulations issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
pursuant to 35 U.S.C. 184.
    (c) Disclosures. Unless otherwise expressly exempted in this 
subchapter, a license is required for the oral, visual or documentary 
disclosure of technical data by U.S. persons to foreign persons. A 
license is required regardless of the manner in which the technical data 
is transmitted (e.g., in person, by telephone, correspondence, 
electronic means, etc.). A license is required for such disclosures by 
U.S. persons in connection with visits to foreign diplomatic missions 
and consular offices.