[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: 14CFR1240.102]

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                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE
 
                   CHAPTER V--NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND
                          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.

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    (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 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.