[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: 45CFR650.8]



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                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE

 

                 CHAPTER VI--NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

 

PART 650_PATENTS--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 650.8  Retention of rights by inventor.



    If an awardee elects not to retain rights to an invention, the 

inventor may request the NSF Patent Assistant for permission to retain 

principal patent rights. Such requests should be made as soon as 

possible after the awardee notifies the Patent Assistant that it does 

not want to patent the invention. Such requests will normally be granted 

unless either the awardee or the employer of the inventor shows that it 

would be harmed by that action. As required by Sec. 401.9 of the 

implementing regulations for the Bayh-Dole Act (37 CFR 401.9), the 

inventor will be subject to the same conditions that the awardee would 

have been, except that the special restrictions imposed on nonprofit 

organizations will not apply to the inventor.