[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: 43CFR6.54]

[Page 174-175]
 
                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR
 
PART 6--PATENT REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
                           Subpart B--Licenses
 
Sec. 6.54  Use or manufacture by or for the Government.

    A license is not required with respect to the manufacture or use of 
any invention assigned or required to be assigned without restrictions 
or qualifications to the United States when such manufacture or use is 
by or for

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the Government for governmental purposes. A license or sublicense may be 
required, however, for such manufacture or use in the case of Class B 
patents or patent rights when the terms under which the Secretary of the 
Interior acquires interests therein necessitate the issuance of a 
license or sublicense in such circumstances.

[31 FR 10796, Aug. 13, 1966]