[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 37, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 37CFR404.4]

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              TITLE 37--PATENTS, TRADEMARKS, AND COPYRIGHTS
 
  CHAPTER IV--ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR TECHNOLOGY POLICY, DEPARTMENT OF 
                                COMMERCE
 
PART 404--LICENSING OF GOVERNMENT OWNED INVENTIONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 404.4  Authority to grant licenses.

    Federally owned inventions shall be made available for licensing as 
deemed appropriate in the public interest. Federal agencies having 
custody of federally owned inventions may grant nonexclusive, partially 
exclusive, or exclusive licenses thereto under this part.