{"data":{"id":"us/42-u.s.c.-2185","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"42 U.S.C. § 2185","heading":"Prior art","body":"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.","path":["Title 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE","CHAPTER 23—DEVELOPMENT AND CONTROL OF ATOMIC ENERGY"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc42@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T06:00:34Z","sha256":"8d7bdce19e2004f099b12862a755f56452bd4a302e971d346a034ac5ab2d7fbe","source_id":"us","stale":false,"prev":"us/42-u.s.c.-2184","next":"us/42-u.s.c.-2186"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}