National Inventors Council
The National Inventors Council (NIC) was a United States government organization established in 1940 as part of the Department of Commerce's Office of Technical Services (OTC).[1] It was designed to serve as a clearinghouse for inventions with possible military and national defense uses, and to bring these to the attention of the U.S. armed forces.[1]
Most active during World War II, the NIC continued into the mid-1950s. Its functions were transferred to the National Bureau of Standards when the Commerce Department abolished the OTC.[1]
In 1973, the NIC was transferred from the National Bureau of Standards to the private sector, where it was overseen by the Academy of Applied Science and the Franklin Pierce Law Center.[2]
As of at least 2009, its files are stored at the Washington National Records Center.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "National Inventors Council Files". National Archives & Records Administration. September 17, 2009. https://www.archives.gov/records-mgmt/rcs/schedules/departments/department-of-commerce/rg-0167/n1-167-09-002_sf115.pdf. Retrieved August 18, 2012.
- ↑ Cavicchi, Prof. John. "The Mystery of the the [sic] Classified and Missing National Inventors Council (NIC) Files". University of New Hampshire School of Law via IP Mall. Archived from the original on May 22, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110522081003/http://ipmall.info/hosted_resources/nic.asp. Retrieved August 18, 2012.
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