[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: 14CFR1245.502]



[Page 212-213]

 

                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE

 

                          SPACE ADMINISTRATION

 

PART 1245_PATENTS AND OTHER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS--Table of 

Contents

 

Subpart 5_Authority and Delegations to Take Certain Actions Relating to 

             Patents and Other Intellectual Property Rights

 

Sec. 1245.502  Associate General Counsel for Intellectual Property.



    The Associate General Counsel for Intellectual Property provides 

functional direction to all Patent Counsel and is redelegated the 

authority to take the following actions:

    (a) Rights determinations. (1) To execute notifications of the 

Administrator's determinations made pursuant to section 305(a) of the 

National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958, as amended;

    (2) To make determinations, under Executive Order 10096 of January 

23, 1950 as amended, of the respective rights of the Government and of 

the inventor in and to inventions made by employees under the 

administrative jurisdiction of the National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration, and to appoint a liaison officer to deal with the 

Commissioner of Patents in such matters pursuant to 37 CFR 100.10, 

``Administration of a Uniform Patent Policy With Respect to the Domestic 

Rights in Inventions Made by Government Employees'';

    (b) Powers of attorney. To appoint and/or revoke principal attorneys 

and to execute necessary powers of attorney for the purpose of filing 

and prosecuting patent applications in which the United States, as 

represented by the Administrator, has an interest by way either of title 

or license;

    (c) Application papers and statements. To receive patent 

applications, documents, and statements transmitted to the Administrator 

pursuant to section 305(c) of the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 

1958, as amended;

    (d) Acceptance of licenses and assignments. To accept, on behalf of 

the United States, licenses under, assignments of, and other rights in 

inventions, patents, and applications for patents; and



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    (e) Secrecy orders. To exercise all powers of the Administrator with 

respect to secrecy orders in patent cases and foreign filing under 35 

U.S.C. 181 et seq.



[43 FR 34122, Aug. 3, 1978, as amended at 56 FR 19797, Apr. 30, 1991]