[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: 14CFR1245.502]

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                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE
 
                          SPACE ADMINISTRATION
 
PART 1245--PATENTS AND OTHER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS--Table of Contents
 
Subpart 5--Authority and Delegations to Take Certain Actions Relating to 
             Patents and Other Intellectual Property Rights
 
Sec. 1245.502  Associate General Counsel for Intellectual Property.

    The Associate General Counsel for Intellectual Property provides 
functional direction to all Patent Counsel and is redelegated the 
authority to take the following actions:
    (a) Rights determinations. (1) To execute notifications of the 
Administrator's determinations made pursuant to section 305(a) of the 
National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958, as amended;
    (2) To make determinations, under Executive Order 10096 of January 
23, 1950 as amended, of the respective rights of the Government and of 
the inventor in and to inventions made by employees under the 
administrative jurisdiction of the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration, and to appoint a liaison officer to deal with the 
Commissioner of Patents in such matters pursuant to 37 CFR 100.10, 
``Administration of a Uniform Patent Policy With Respect to the Domestic 
Rights in Inventions Made by Government Employees'';
    (b) Powers of attorney. To appoint and/or revoke principal attorneys 
and to execute necessary powers of attorney for the purpose of filing 
and prosecuting patent applications in which the United States, as 
represented by the Administrator, has an interest by way either of title 
or license;
    (c) Application papers and statements. To receive patent 
applications, documents, and statements transmitted to the Administrator 
pursuant to section 305(c) of the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 
1958, as amended;
    (d) Acceptance of licenses and assignments. To accept, on behalf of 
the United States, licenses under, assignments of, and other rights in 
inventions, patents, and applications for patents; and
    (e) Secrecy orders. To exercise all powers of the Administrator with 
respect to secrecy orders in patent cases and foreign filing under 35 
U.S.C. 181 et seq.

[43 FR 34122, Aug. 3, 1978, as amended at 56 FR 19797, Apr. 30, 1991]

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