[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: 34CFR6.4]

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                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION
 
PART 6_INVENTIONS AND PATENTS (GENERAL)--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 6.4  Central records; confidentiality.

    Central files and records shall be maintained of all inventions, 
patents, and licenses in which the Department has an interest, together 
with a record

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of all licenses issued by the Department under such patents. Invention 
reports required from employees or others for the purpose of obtaining 
determinations of ownership, and documents and information obtained for 
the purpose of prosecuting patent applications shall be confidential and 
shall be disclosed only as required for official purposes or with the 
consent of the inventor.