THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY (CIA) HAS REQUESTED THAT I CANVASS THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 17, 2010
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: September 4, 1984
• Content Type: LETTER

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DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
Security Committee
4 September 1984
Defense Intelligence Agency
Attn: OS-3B
Room 2A536, The Pentagon
Washington, D.C. 20301
Dear 25X1
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has requested that I canvass the
Intelligence Community regarding a query from John H. Raubitschek, Chief,
Department of the Army, Office of the Judge Advocate General, Patents,
Copyrights, and Trademarks Division. Mr. Raubitschek is coordinating the
response to a U.S. Patent Office request for declassification review of 29
patent applications presently under secrecy order. Before replying to Mr.
Raubitschek, CIA would like to determine the interests of the Intelligence
Community. Ten of the applications require the continuation of secrecy
orders, and CIA will sponsor the renewal request for those. CIA has
determined that it has no interest in sponsoring the renewal of the other 19
of these secrecy orders, as such renewal is no longer necessary for those
national security interests specifically entrusted to CIA.
We anticipate that, once CIA's recommendations have been received by Mr.
Raubitschek and/or the U.S. Patent Office, this matter will be referred to you
for a formal declaration as to whether your agency wishes to sponsor
continuation of any of the secrecy orders. To facilitate this action, we
request that you review the patent files in question at the U.S. Patent
Office. You may-contact Mr. Raubitschek for further details as to how to
review the files to determine whether you wish to continue the classification
on any of these patent applications.
FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY When
Classified Attachment is Removed
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The U.S. Patent Office will, pursuant to the Invention Secrecy Act and at
the request of a sponsoring federal agency, impose secrecy orders on patent
applications that are determined to contain classified information. The
secrecy order prevents a patent from being publicly issued and maintains the
secrecy of the sensitive files. Secrecy orders must be renewed annually, and
the "chief officer of the agency who caused the order to be issued" must
provide notification that an affirmative determination has been made that the
national interest continues to require the secrecy order.
Attached is a list of the 19 patent applications for which declassifica-
tion is recommended, and the reasons therefor. After you have had the
opportunity to review the files at the U.S. Patent Office, please advise me
whether your agency would object to declassification. We will advise CIA,
which will then be in a position to inform Mr. Raubitsc:hek on both the CIA
position and that of the Intelligence Community generally. This will expedite
any future review process that may be required by the Patent Office concerning
these applications. A response by 14 September 1984 would be appreciated. If
I can be of assistance, please call on
Attachment: a/s
DCI Security Committee
Room 5E25
CIA Headquarters
Washington, D.C. 20505
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