[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 14, Volume 5]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 14CFR1209.402]

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                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE
 
                   CHAPTER V--NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND
                          SPACE ADMINISTRATION
 
PART 1209_BOARDS AND COMMITTEES--Table of Contents
 
              Subpart 4_Inventions and Contributions Board
 
Sec.  1209.402  Responsibilities.

    (a) Waiver of rights in inventions. Under the authority of 42 U.S.C. 
2457(f) and pursuant to 14 CFR part 1245 subpart 1 (NASA Management 
Instruction 5109.2), the Board will receive and evaluate petitions for 
waiver of rights of the United States to inventions, accord each 
interested party an opportunity for a hearing, and transmit to the 
Administrator its findings of fact as to such petitions and its 
recommendations for action to be taken with respect thereto.
    (b) Patent licenses. Under the authority of 35 U.S.C. 207(b) and 
pursuant to 14 CFR part 1245 subpart 2 (NASA Management Instruction 
5109.3), the Board will accord a licensee or applicant for license an 
opportunity for a hearing with respect to an appeal which raises a 
dispute over material facts and will be responsible for making findings 
of fact and forwarding them to the Administrator or designee.
    (c) Monetary awards for scientific and technical contributions. (1) 
Under the authority of 42 U.S.C. 2458 and pursuant to 14 CFR part 1240, 
the Board will receive and evaluate each application for award for any 
scientific or technical contribution to the Administration which is 
determined to have significant value in the conduct of aeronautical and 
space activities, will accord each applicant an opportunity for a 
hearing upon such application, and will then transmit to the 
Administrator its recommendation as to the amount of the

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monetary award and terms of the award, if any, to be made for such 
contribution.
    (2) If the contribution is made by a Government employee, the Board 
is also authorized to consider such contribution for award under the 
incentive awards program and to make an award, if any, on its own 
cognizance, up to the amount of $10,000 in accordance with NASA 
supplements to Chapter 451 of the Federal Personnel Manual covering this 
subject.

[51 FR 3945, Jan. 31, 1986, as amended at 59 FR 35623, July 13, 1994]