37 CFR Part 401
RIGHTS TO INVENTIONS MADE BY NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND SMALL BUSINESS FIRMS UNDER GOVERNMENT GRANTS, CONTRACTS, AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS
November 5, 2020
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401.1
Scope
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401.2
Definitions
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401.3
Use of the standard clauses at §401.14
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401.4
Contractor appeals of exceptions
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401.5
Modification and tailoring of clauses
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401.6
Exercise of march-in rights
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401.7
Small business preference
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401.8
Reporting on utilization of subject inventions
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401.9
Retention of rights by contractor employee inventor
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401.10
Government assignment to contractor of rights in invention of government employee
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401.11
Appeals
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401.12
Licensing of background patent rights to third parties
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401.13
Administration of patent rights clauses
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401.14
Standard patent rights clauses
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401.15
Deferred determinations
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401.16
Electronic filing
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401.17
Submissions and inquiries