[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 14, Volume 5]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

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

[CITE: 14CFR1214.204]



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                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE

 

                          SPACE ADMINISTRATION

 

PART 1214_SPACE FLIGHT--Table of Contents

 

Subpart 1214.2_Reimbursement for Shuttle Services Provided to Civil U.S. 

Government Users and Foreign Users Who Have Made Substantial Investment 

                           in the STS Program

 

Sec. 1214.204  Patent and data rights.



    (a) When accommodating missions under this subpart, i.e., 

experimental



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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.