[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 15CFR17.1]

[Page 180]
 
                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
PART 17--LICENSING OF GOVERNMENT-OWNED INVENTIONS IN THE CUSTODY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE--Table of Contents
 
     Subpart A--Licensing of Rights in Domestic Patents and Patent 
                              Applications
 
Sec. 17.1  Licensing rules.


    (a) The Government-wide rules for the licensing of rights in 
domestic patents and patent applications vested in the United States of 
America, found at 41 CFR 101-4.1, are applicable to all such licensing 
activities of the Department of Commerce, subject to the following minor 
clarifications:
    (1) The term ``Government agency'' as defined at 41 CFR 101-4.102(c) 
means the United States Department of Commerce or a designated operating 
unit within the Department.
    (2) The term ``The head of the Government agency'', as defined at 41 
CFR 101-4.102(d), means the Secretary of Commerce or a designee.
    (b) [Reserved]

[42 FR 54415, Oct. 6, 1977]

Subpart B--Licensing of Rights in Foreign Patents and Patent Applications  
[Reserved]