Definition of cautious. : careful about avoiding danger or risk cautious investors cautious optimism.
37 CFR 5.2 Secrecy order. ( 1 a) When notified by the chief officer of a defense agency that publication or disclosure of the invention by the granting of a patent would be detrimental to the national security, an order that the invention be kept secret will be issued by the Commissioner for Patents.
The Invention Secrecy Act of 1951 (Pub.L. 82â256, 66 Stat. 3, enacted February 1, 1952, codified at 35 U.S.C. Â§Â§ 181â188) 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 a possible threat to the national security of the United States.