[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: 14CFR1240.102]



[Page 195-196]

 

                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE

 

                          SPACE ADMINISTRATION

 

PART 1240_INVENTIONS AND CONTRIBUTIONS--Table of Contents

 

       Subpart 1_Awards for Scientific and Technical Contributions

 

Sec. 1240.102  Definitions.



    As used in this subpart:

    (a) Administrator means the Administrator of the National 

Aeronautics and Space Administration.

    (b) Board means the NASA Inventions and Contributions Board.

    (c) Chairperson means the Chairperson of the NASA Inventions and 

Contributions Board.

    (d) Commercial quality refers to computer software that is not in an 

experimental or beta phase of development, that performs in accordance 

with its specifications, and includes documentation describing the 

software's form and function.

    (e) Contract means any contract, agreement, understanding, or other 

arrangement with NASA or another Government Agency on NASA's behalf, 

including any assignment, substitution of parties, or subcontract 

executed or entered into thereunder.

    (f) Contractor means the party who has undertaken to perform work 

under a contract or subcontract.

    (g) Innovation means a mathematical, engineering or scientific 

concept, idea, design, process, or product, reported as new technology 

on NASA Form 1679.

    (h) Innovator means any person listed as a contributor, inventor, or 

author of an innovation.

    (i) Invention includes any act, method, process, machine, 

manufacture, design, or composition of matter, or any



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new and useful improvement thereof, or any variety of plant, which is or 

may be patentable under the patent laws of the United States or any 

foreign country.

    (j) Qualified User means any person that has legally acquired 

computer software and has the right to use it for a legal purpose.

    (k) Verified means passing rigorous testing to ascertain whether the 

functionality claimed in the innovation's documentation is realized.