All information pertaining to inventions and pending patent applications is confidential, and employees having access to such information are forbidden to disclose or reveal the same except as required in the performance of their official duties.
[21 FR 10378, Dec. 28, 1956. Redesignated at 61 FR 29659, June 12, 1996]
authority: Sections 1.500 to 1.527 issued under 72 Stat. 1114, 1236, as amended;
38 U.S.C. 501,
5701
source: 40 FR 33944, Aug. 12, 1975, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 38 CFR 1.661