[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 32, Volume 5]
[Revised as of July 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 32CFR746.4]

[Page 381]
 
                       TITLE 32--NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
                   CHAPTER VI--DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
 
PART 746_LICENSING OF GOVERNMENT INVENTIONS IN THE CUSTODY OF THE 
DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 746.4  Definitions.

    (a) Government invention means an invention covered by a domestic 
patent or patent application that is vested in the United States and in 
the custody of the Department of the Navy, and is designated by the 
Chief of Naval Research as appropriate for the grant of an express non-
exclusive or exclusive license.
    (b) To the point of practical application means to manufacture in 
the case of a composition or product, to practice in the case of a 
process, or to operate in the case of a machine, under such conditions 
as to establish that the invention is being worked and that its benefits 
are reasonably accessible to the public.