[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: 37CFR404.6]

[Page 645]
 
              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. 404.6  Nonexclusive licenses.

    (a) Nonexclusive licenses may be granted under federally owned 
inventions without publication of availability or notice of a 
prospective license.
    (b) In addition to the provisions of Sec. 404.5, the nonexclusive 
license may also provide that, after termination of a period specified 
in the license agreement, the Federal agency may restrict the license to 
the fields of use or geographic areas, or both, in which the licensee 
has brought the invention to practical application and continues to make 
the benefits of the invention reasonably accessible to the public. 
However, such restriction shall be made only in order to grant an 
exclusive or partially exclusive license in accordance with this 
subpart.