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H.R. 3112 (99th)

Outer Space Inventions Act

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Introduced

30 July 1985

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29 August 2025

Summary

Outer Space Inventions Act - Amends the patent laws to grant exclusive rights to an inventor whose invention is made in the course of activities of any kind in outer space, regardless of whether such invention was federally-assisted. Authorizes a Federal agency providing total funding for such an invention to reserve a license for its practice on behalf of the United States.

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