[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: 45CFR650.10]



[Page 205-206]

 

                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE

 

                 CHAPTER VI--NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

 

PART 650_PATENTS--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 650.10  Inventions also supported by another Federal Agency.



    Section 401.13(a) of the implementing regulation for the Bayh-Dole 

Act (37 CFR 401.13(a)) provides that in the event that an invention is 

made under funding agreements of more than one federal agency, the 

agencies involved will, at the request of the grantee or contractor or 

on their own initiative, designate one agency to be responsible



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for the administration of the invention. Whenever the NSF Patent 

Assistant finds that another agency also supported an NSF subject 

invention, he or she will consult with the grantee or contractor and 

appropriate personnel in the other agency to determine if a single 

agency should be designated to administer the Government's rights in the 

invention. The Patent Assistant may transfer to, or accept from, any 

other Federal agency, responsibility for administering a jointly-

supported invention.