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

DFARS 227.7009-3 Additional clauses—contracts except running royalty contracts.

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 tells contracting officers which clauses to include in patent release, settlement, and license agreements that do not involve the Government paying a running royalty. It matters to contractors because it identifies the specific DFARS clauses that will govern the license grant and license term in those agreements.

Applies to: Patent release, settlement, and license agreements that do not provide for payment by the Government of a running royalty

What it requires

  • Insert the clause at 252.227-7004 for License Grant
  • Insert one of the clauses at 252.227-7005 Alternate I or Alternate II, as appropriate, for License Term

Key terms: running royalty · patent release and settlement agreements · license agreements · License Grant · License Term

Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.

The text

The following clauses are examples for use in patent release and settlement agreements, and license agreements not providing for payment by the Government of a running royalty.

(a) License Grant. Insert the clause at 252.227-7004.

(b) License Term. Insert one of the clauses at 252.227-7005 Alternate I or Alternate II, as appropriate.

Sections it refers to

Sections that refer to it

← 227.7009-2 Clauses to be used when applicable. · 227.7009-4 Additional clauses—contracts providing for payment of a running royalty. →

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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