A Government contractor develops a new process for manufacturing defense materiel. The contractor elects to protect this information as a Trade Secret. Which of the following is true?

( ) The contractor must take positive action to preclude the public disclosure of this information

( ) As the process was documented in a laboratory notebook, the process is protected by the copyright laws

( ) As this process was patentable, patent law protects the contractor, even if they do not file for a patent

( ) The Government has Government Purpose Rights to the invention, as the property was developed in an IR&D program, chargeable as an authorized overhead expense to Government contracts