[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 34, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 34CFR6.0]

[Page 26]
 
                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION
 
PART 6_INVENTIONS AND PATENTS (GENERAL)--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 6.0  General policy.




Sec.
6.0 General policy.
6.1 Publication or patenting of inventions.
6.3 Licensing of Government-owned patents.
6.4 Central records; confidentiality.

    Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301.

    Source: 45 FR 30814, May 9, 1980, unless otherwise noted.


    Inventions developed through the resources and activities of the 
Department are a potential resource of great value to the public. It is 
the policy of the Department:
    (a) To safeguard the public interest in inventions developed by 
Department employees, contractors and grantees with the aid of public 
funds and facilities;
    (b) To encourage and recognize individual and cooperative 
achievement in research and investigations; and
    (c) To establish a procedure, consistent with pertinent statutes, 
Executive orders and general Government regulations, for the 
determination of rights and obligations relating to the patenting of 
inventions.