[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 48, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 48CFR31.205-30]

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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
 
                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION
 
Sec. 31.205-30  Patent costs.

    (a) The following patent costs are allowable to the extent that they 
are incurred as requirements of a Government contract (but see 31.205-
33):
    (1) Costs of preparing invention disclosures, reports, and other 
documents.
    (2) Costs for searching the art to the extent necessary to make the 
invention disclosures.
    (3) Other costs in connection with the filing and prosecution of a 
United States patent application where title

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or royalty-free license is to be conveyed to the Government.
    (b) General counseling services relating to patent matters, such as 
advice on patent laws, regulations, clauses, and employee agreements, 
are allowable (but see 31.205-33).
    (c) Other than those for general counseling services, patent costs 
not required by the contract are unallowable. (See also 31.205-37.)