9424 - Establishing in the United States Patent Office a Register of
          Government Interest in Patents and Applications for Patents
          Signed: February 18, 1944
          Federal Register page and date: 9 FR 1959, February 22, 1944

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        EX. ORD. NO. 9424. ESTABLISHMENT OF A REGISTER OF GOVERNMENT
                            INTERESTS IN PATENTS

      Ex. Ord. No. 9424, Feb. 18, 1944, 9 F.R. 1959, provided:

      1. The Secretary of Commerce shall cause to be established in the
    United States Patent Office (now Patent and Trademark Office) a
    separate register for the recording of all rights and interests of
    the Government in or under patents and applications for patents.

      2. The several departments and other executive agencies of the
    Government, including Government-owned or Government-controlled
    corporations, shall forward promptly to the Commissioner of Patents
    (now Patents and Trademarks) for recording in the separate register
    provided for in paragraph 1 hereof all licenses, assignments, or
    other interests of the Government in or under patents or
    applications for patents, in accordance with such rules and
    regulations as may be prescribed pursuant to paragraph 4 hereof;
    but the lack of recordation in such register of any right or
    interest of the Government in or under any patent or application
    therefor shall not prejudice in any way the assertion of such right
    or interest by the Government.

      3. The register shall be open to inspection except as to such
    entries or documents which, in the opinion of the department or
    agency submitting them for recording, should be maintained in
    secrecy: Provided, however, That the right of inspection may be
    restricted to authorized representatives of the Government pending
    the final report to the President by the National Patent Planning
    Commission under Executive Order No. 8977 of December 12, 1941, and
    action thereon by the President.

      4. The Commissioner of Patents (now Patents and Trademarks), with
    the approval of the Secretary of Commerce, shall prescribe such
    rules and regulations as he may deem necessary to effectuate the
    purposes of this order.