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Inventions INVENT

A CUI category in the Patent grouping of NARA's registry, CUI Basic, marked CUI.

NARA's description

CUI Registry · Inventions

An invention is any art or process (way of doing or making things), machine, manufacture, design, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof, or any variety of plant, which is or may be patentable under the patent laws of the United States, in which the federal government owns or may own a right, title, or interest.

Verbatim from the registry entry, which NARA last reviewed on July 29, 2025. Fetched 2026-09-08.

Markings

Category marking
INVENT
Banner marking
CUI
Alternative banner, Basic
CUI//INVENT

A banner reads CUI for Basic categories and CUI//SP-INVENT for Specified ones, followed by any limited dissemination control such as NOFORN. How the marking rule works, verbatim from 32 CFR 2002.20.

Authorities

The law, regulation or Government-wide policy that makes this information CUI, and whether it does so as a Basic or a Specified authority.

Safeguarding or dissemination authorityBasic or SpecifiedBannerSanctions
35 USC 205BasicCUI35 USC 186 35 USC 187
48 CFR 27.302BasicCUI
48 CFR 27.305-4BasicCUI
37 CFR 401.13(c)(1)BasicCUI
37 CFR 401.13(c)(3)-(5)BasicCUI

Source: https://www.archives.gov/cui/registry/category-detail/inventions.