[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 45, Volume 3]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 45CFR650.1]



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                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE

 

                 CHAPTER VI--NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

 

PART 650_PATENTS--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 650.1  Scope of part.









Sec.

650.1 Scope of part.

650.2 National Science Foundation patent policy.

650.3 Source of authority.

650.4 Standard patent rights clause.

650.5 Special patent provisions.

650.6 Awards not primarily for research.

650.7 Awards affected by international agreements.

650.8 Retention of rights by inventor.

650.9 Unwanted inventions.



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650.10 Inventions also supported by another Federal agency.

650.11 Utilization reports.

650.12 Waivers and approvals.

650.13 Exercise of march-in rights.

650.14 Request for conveyance of title to NSF.

650.15 Appeals.

650.16 Background rights.

650.17 Subcontracts.

650.18 Delegation of authority.

650.19 Electronic invention handling.



Appendix A to Part 650--Optional Format for Confirmatory License



    Authority: 35 U.S.C. 200-212, 42 U.S.C. 1870(e) and 1871; and the 

Presidential Memorandum entitled ``Government Patent Policy'', issued 

February 18, 1983.



    Source: 57 FR 18053, Apr. 28, 1992, unless otherwise noted.





    This part contains the policies, procedures, and clauses that govern 

allocation of rights to inventions made in performance of NSF-assisted 

research. It applies to all current and future funding agreements 

entered into by the Foundation that relate to performance of scientific 

or engineering research. As stated in the NSF Acquisition Regulation 

(chapter 25 of title 48 of the Code of Federal Regulations), this part 

applies to contracts as well as to grants and cooperative agreements.