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Displaying title 48, up to date as of 10/13/2026. Title 48 was last amended 10/09/2026.
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227.7013 Recordation.

Executive Order No. 9424 of 18 February 1944 requires all executive Departments and agencies of the Government to forward through appropriate channels to the Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks, for recording, all Government interests in patents or applications for patents.