[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 14, Volume 5, Parts 1200 to end]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 14CFR1245.114]

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                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE
 
                          SPACE ADMINISTRATION
 
PART 1245--PATENTS AND OTHER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS--Table of Contents
 
                  Subpart 1--Patent Waiver Regulations
 
Sec. 1245.114  Findings and recommendations of the Board.

    (a) Findings of the Board. The Board shall consider the petition, 
the NASA contract, if relevant, the goals cited in Sec. 1245.103(a), the 
effect of the waiver on the objectives of the related NASA programs, and 
any other available facts and information presented to the Board by an 
interested party. The Board shall document its findings.
    (b) Recommendation of the Board. (1) Except as provided in 
Sec. 1245.104(d), after making the findings of fact, the Board shall 
formulate its proposed recommendation to the Administrator as to the 
grant of waiver as requested, the grant of waiver upon terms other than 
as requested, or denial of waiver.
    (2) If the Board proposes to recommend, initially or upon 
reconsideration or after oral hearing, that the petition be granted in 
the extent requested or, in other cases, where the petitioner does not 
request reconsideration or a hearing during the period set for the 
action or informs the Board that the action will not be requested, or 
fails to file the required statements within the prescribed time, the 
Board shall transmit the petition, a summary record of hearing 
proceedings, if applicable, its findings of fact, and its recommendation 
to the Administrator.