[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: 37CFR404.4]



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              TITLE 37--PATENTS, TRADEMARKS, AND COPYRIGHTS

 

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

                                COMMERCE

 

PART 404_LICENSING OF GOVERNMENT OWNED INVENTIONS--Table of Contents

 

Sec.  404.4  Authority to grant licenses.



    Federally owned inventions shall be made available for licensing as 

deemed appropriate in the public interest and each agency shall notify 

the public of these available inventions. The agencies having custody of 

these inventions may grant nonexclusive, co-exclusive, partially 

exclusive, or exclusive licenses thereto under this part. Licenses may 

be royalty-free or for royalties or other consideration. They may be for 

all or less than all fields of use or in specified geographic areas and 

may include a release for past infringement. Any license shall not 

confer on any person immunity from the antitrust laws or from a charge 

of patent misuse, and the exercise of such rights pursuant to this part 

shall not be immunized from the operation of state or federal law by 

reason of the source of the grant.



[71 FR 11512, Mar. 8, 2006]