Article Examines Increasing Application of Classified Status to Patents
This article, Patents gagged in the name of national security, by Paul Marks, appears in the July 9 issue of New Scientist. The abstract is below, but full text is available fee only.
"Every year, governments slap secrecy orders on a handful of private patents. Many patent applications never see the light of day because the technology is deemed a threat to national security. Talk about your invention to anyone and you could get two years in jail. But what type of innovations become declassified and who decides?
