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PURPOSE. This Directive:

a. Reissues and retitles Reference (a).

b. Establishes policy and assigns responsibilities for the DoD patent security review process in accordance with Reference (b).

c. Delegates authority under sections 181, 182, and 184 of Reference (b) to the Secretaries of the Military Departments and the Director, Defense Technology Security Administration (DTSA).

d. Implements Reference (c).

APPLICABILITY. This Directive applies to OSD, the Military Departments, the Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Joint Staff, the Combatant Commands, the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Defense, the Defense Agencies, the DoD Field Activities, and all other organizational entities within the Department of Defense (hereafter referred to collectively as the "DoD Components").