[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 14, Volume 5]
[Revised as of January 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 14CFR1214.204]

[Page 110]
 
                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE
 
                   CHAPTER V--NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND
                          SPACE ADMINISTRATION
 
PART 1214_SPACE FLIGHT--Table of Contents
 
Subpart 1214.2_Reimbursement for Shuttle Services Provided to Civil U.S. 
 
Sec. 1214.204  Patent and data rights.

    (a) When accommodating missions under this subpart, i.e., 
experimental science or experimental applications missions for ESA, ESA 
member states or Canada with no near-term commercial implications, NASA 
will obtain for U.S. Governmental purposes rights to inventions, patents 
and data resulting from such missions, subject to the user's retention 
of the rights to first publication of the data for a specified period of 
time.
    (b) The user will be required to furnish NASA with sufficient 
information to verify peaceful purposes and to insure Shuttle safety and 
NASA's and the U.S. Government's continued compliance with law and the 
Government's obligations.