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FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 227: Patents, Data, and Copyrights › Subpart 227.70

DFARS 227.7009 Patent releases, license agreements, and assignments.

The codified text (eCFR, as of 2026-10-02). Under the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul ↗, agencies follow class deviations with new text for many parts while the formal rules go through the Federal Register: check the solicitation and your contract's clauses, which rule.

In plain English

This section provides clauses for use in patent release and settlement agreements, license agreements, and assignments where the Government acquires rights. It also allows minor language changes, such as pluralizing 'Secretary' or 'Contracting Officer', in multi-departmental agreements when necessary.

Applies to: Patent release, settlement, license, and assignment agreements executed by the Government

Key terms: patent releases · license agreements · assignments · Secretary · Contracting Officer

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The text

This section contains clauses for use in patent release and settlement agreements, license agreements, and assignments, executed by the Government, under which the Government acquires rights. Minor modifications of language (e.g., pluralization of “Secretary” or “Contracting Officer”) in multi-departmental agreements may be made if necessary.

← 227.7008 Settlement of indemnified claims. · 227.7009-1 Required clauses. →

Rule changes for DFARS Part 227

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.

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