[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 43, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 43CFR6.51]

[Page 174]
 
                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR
 
PART 6--PATENT REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
                           Subpart B--Licenses
 
Sec. 6.51  Purpose.


    It is the purpose of the regulations in this subpart to secure for 
the people of the United States the full benefits of Government research 
and investigation in the Department of the Interior (a) by providing a 
simple procedure under which the public may obtain licenses to use 
patents and inventions in which the Secretary of the Interior has 
transferable interests and which are available for licensing; and (b) by 
providing adequate protection for the inventions until such time as they 
may be made available for licensing without undue risk of losing patent 
protection to which the public is entitled.

[31 FR 10796, Aug. 13, 1966]