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Code of Federal Regulations (Last Updated: July 5, 2024) |
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Title 37 - Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights |
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Chapter IV - National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of Commerce |
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Part 401 - Rights to Inventions Made by Nonprofit Organizations and Small Business Firms Under Government Grants, Contracts, and Cooperative Agreements |
Part 401 - Rights to Inventions Made by Nonprofit Organizations and Small Business Firms Under Government Grants, Contracts, and Cooperative Agreements
§ 401.1 - Scope. |
§ 401.2 - Definitions. |
§ 401.3 - Use of the standard clauses at § 401.14. |
§ 401.4 - Contractor appeals of exceptions. |
§ 401.5 - Modification and tailoring of clauses. |
§ 401.6 - Exercise of march-in rights. |
§ 401.7 - Small business preference. |
§ 401.8 - Reporting on utilization of subject inventions. |
§ 401.9 - Contractor and contractor employee inventor requests for rights in inventions. |
§ 401.10 - Government assignment to contractor of rights in invention of government employee. |
§ 401.11 - Appeals. |
§ 401.12 - Licensing of background patent rights to third parties. |
§ 401.13 - Confidentiality of contractor submissions. |
§ 401.14 - Standard patent rights clauses. |
§ 401.15 - § 401.15 {Reserved] |
§ 401.16 - Federal agency reporting requirements. |
§ 401.17 - Submissions and inquiries. |
§ 401.18 - Severability. |
§§ 401.7--401.8 - [Reserved] |