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 Commissioner of Patents shall order that the invention be kept secret.â3 This order prevents the patent from being issued until the secrecy order is lifted, and prohibits the inventor from publishing or disclosing any material information related to the invention.4 According to government statistics obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, at the end of the 2010