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Secrecy Orders PSEC

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

NARA's description

CUI Registry ยท Secrecy Orders

An order by the Commissioner of Patents that an invention be kept secret and to withhold the publication of an application or the grant of a patent due to national security concerns.

Verbatim from the registry entry, which NARA last reviewed on May 8, 2025. Fetched 2026-09-08.

Markings

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

A banner reads CUI for Basic categories and CUI//SP-PSEC 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 181BasicCUIโ€”

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