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Harry Truman: The Department of State, in consultation with the Department of Commerce, shall negotiate arrangements among governments…

On the recordJune 13, 1947
The Department of State, in consultation with the Department of Commerce, shall negotiate arrangements among governments under which each government and its nationals shall have access to the foreign patents of the other participating governments.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Executive Order 9865—Providing for the Protection Abroad of Inventions Resulting from Research Financed by the Government

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