[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 37, Volume 1]

[Revised as of July 1, 2006]

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

[CITE: 37CFR401.9]



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              TITLE 37--PATENTS, TRADEMARKS, AND COPYRIGHTS

 

  CHAPTER IV--ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR TECHNOLOGY POLICY, DEPARTMENT OF 

                                COMMERCE

 

PART 401_RIGHTS TO INVENTIONS MADE BY NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND SMALL 

BUSINESS FIRMS UNDER GOVERNMENT GRANTS, CONTRACTS, AND COOPERATIVE 

AGREEMENTS--Table of Contents

 

Sec.  401.9  Retention of rights by contractor employee inventor.



    Agencies which allow an employee/inventor of the contractor to 

retain rights to a subject invention made under a funding agreement with 

a small business firm or nonprofit organization contractor, as 

authorized by 35 U.S.C. 202(d), will impose upon the inventor at least 

those conditions that would apply to a small business firm contractor 

under paragraphs (d)(1) and (3); (f)(4); (h); (i); and (j) of the clause 

at Sec.  401.14(a).