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  2. Leahy–Smith America Invents Act - Wikipedia

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    The law switched the U.S. rights to a patent from the previous "first-to-invent" system to a "first inventor-to-file" system for patent applications filed on or after March 16, 2013. The law also expanded the definition of prior art used in determining patentability.

  3. Invention Secrecy Act - Wikipedia

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    The Invention Secrecy Act of 1951 (Pub. L. 82–256, 66 Stat. 3, enacted February 1, 1952, codified at 35 U.S.C. ch. 17) is a body of United States federal law designed to prevent disclosure of new inventions and technologies that, in the opinion of selected federal agencies, present an alleged threat to the economic stability or national security of the United States.

  4. Law Enforcement Assistance Administration - Wikipedia

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    The Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (LEAA) was a U.S. federal agency within the United States Department of Justice.It administered federal funding to state and local law enforcement agencies and funded educational programs, research, state planning agencies, and local crime initiatives as part of President Lyndon B. Johnson's "war on crime" program.

  5. United States patent law - Wikipedia

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    Until 16 March 2013 the US gave priority to first inventors to invent, although the US adopted first inventor to file system since (see First to file and first to invent). The US has provisional patent applications , which can be filed one year before filing regular patent application, thus delaying the start on the nominal 20 year patent term ...

  6. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives

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    Over 2,000 agencies and more than 17,000 individuals currently use eTrace, including over 33 foreign law enforcement agencies. Gun tracing provides information to federal, state, local, and foreign law enforcement agencies on the history of a firearm from the manufacturer (or importer), through the distribution chain, to the first retail purchaser.

  7. Law enforcement - Wikipedia

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    New York City Police Department lieutenant debriefing police officers at Times Square. Law enforcement is the activity of some members of the government or other social institutions who act in an organized manner to enforce the law by investigating, deterring, rehabilitating, or punishing people who violate the rules and norms governing that society. [1]

  8. Internal affairs (law enforcement) - Wikipedia

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    Internal affairs (often known as IA) is a division of a law enforcement agency that investigates incidents and possible suspicions of criminal and professional misconduct attributed to members of the parent force. It is thus a mechanism of limited self-governance, "a police force policing itself".

  9. Category:Law enforcement terminology - Wikipedia

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