42 U.S.C. § 2185

Prior art

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.

( Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724 , title I, § 155, as added Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1073, § 1 , 68 Stat. 947 ; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 102–486, title IX, § 902(a)(8) , Oct. 24, 1992 , 106 Stat. 2944 .)