35 USC § 208
Regulations governing Federal licensing
through Public Law 118-10
The Secretary of Commerce is authorized to promulgate regulations specifying the terms and conditions upon which any federally owned invention, other than inventions owned by the Tennessee Valley Authority, may be licensed on a nonexclusive, partially exclusive, or exclusive basis.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1984—Pub. L. 98–620 substituted "Secretary of Commerce" for "Administrator of General Services".
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section effective July 1, 1981, but implementing regulations authorized to be issued earlier, see section 8(f) of Pub. L. 96–517, set out as an Effective Date of 1980 Amendment note under section 41 of this title.
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