[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 32, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 32CFR34.25]

[Page 198-199]
 
                       TITLE 32--NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
              CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
 
PART 34--ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANTS AND AGREEMENTS WITH 
FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS--Table of Contents
 
                   Subpart B--Post-award Requirements
 
Sec. 34.25  Intellectual property developed or produced under awards.

    (a) Patents. Grants and cooperative agreements with:
    (1) Small business concerns shall comply with 35 U.S.C. Chapter 18, 
as implemented by 37 CFR part 401, which applies to inventions made 
under grants and cooperative agreements with small business concerns for 
research and development. 37 CFR 401.14 provides a standard clause that 
is required in such grants and cooperative agreements in most cases, 37 
CFR 401.3 specifies when the clause shall be included, and 37 CFR 401.5 
specifies how the clause may be modified and tailored.
    (2) For-profit organizations other than small business concerns 
shall comply with 35 U.S.C. 210(c) and Executive Order 12591 (3 CFR, 
1987 Comp., p. 220) (which codifies a Presidential Memorandum on 
Government Patent Policy, dated February 18, 1983).
    (i) The Executive order states that, as a matter of policy, grants 
and cooperative agreements should grant to all for-profit organizations, 
regardless of size, title to patents made in whole or in part with 
Federal funds, in exchange for royalty-free use by or on behalf of the 
Government (i.e., it extends the applicability of 35 U.S.C. Chapter 18, 
to the extent permitted by law, to for-

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profit organizations other than small business concerns).
    (ii) 35 U.S.C. 210(c) states that 35 U.S.C. Chapter 18 is not 
intended to limit agencies' authority to agree to the disposition of 
rights in inventions in accordance with the Presidential memorandum 
codified by the Executive order. It also states that such grants and 
cooperative agreements shall provide for Government license rights 
required by 35 U.S.C. 202(c)(4) and march-in rights required by 35 
U.S.C. 203.
    (b) Copyright, data and software rights. Requirements concerning 
data and software rights are as follows:
    (1) The recipient may copyright any work that is subject to 
copyright and was developed under an award. DoD Components reserve a 
royalty-free, nonexclusive and irrevocable right to reproduce, publish, 
or otherwise use the work for Federal purposes, and to authorize others 
to do so.
    (2) Unless waived by the DoD Component making the award, the Federal 
Government has the right to:
    (i) Obtain, reproduce, publish or otherwise use for Federal 
Government purposes the data first produced under an award.
    (ii) Authorize others to receive, reproduce, publish, or otherwise 
use such data for Federal purposes.

                          Procurement Standards