48 CFR §970.3102-0531 — Patent costs and technology transfer costs.

1. (a)For management and operating contracts that do not include the clause at 970.5227-3, Technology Transfer Mission, the cost principle at 48 CFR 31.205-30 applies.
2. (b)For management and operating contracts that do include the clause at 970.5227-3, Technology Transfer Mission, the following patent and technology transfer costs are allowable—
   1. (1)Costs of preparing invention disclosures, reports, and other patent related documents required by the contract;
   2. (2)Costs of searching the art relating to invention disclosures;
   3. (3)Costs incurred in connection with the filing and prosecution of patent applications for subject inventions, except where those costs are incurred as part of a privately funded technology transfer program recognized under the contract; and
   4. (4)Other costs incurred in accordance with the patent rights clause and the Technology Transfer Mission clause included in the contract.