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FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 227: Patents, Data, and Copyrights › Subpart 227.71

DFARS 227.7107-2 Contracts for construction supplies and research and development work.

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 patent provisions and clauses to include when a contract is limited to construction supplies or materials, or to experimental, developmental, or research work related to construction. It matters to contractors because it determines the intellectual property terms that will appear in those solicitations and contracts.

Applies to: Acquisitions limited to construction supplies or materials, or related experimental, developmental, or research work

Key terms: construction supplies · research and development work · provisions and clauses · experimental, developmental, or research work · test and evaluation studies

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

The text

Use the provisions and clauses required by 227-7103-6 and 227.7203-6 when the acquisition is limited to—

(a) Construction supplies or materials;

(b) Experimental, developmental, or research work, or test and evaluation studies of structures, equipment, processes, or materials for use in construction; or

(c) Both.

Sections it refers to

  • 227.7203-6 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.

Sections that refer to it

  • 227.7107-1 Architectural designs and data clauses for architect-engineer or construction contracts.
  • 227.7203-6 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.

← 227.7107-1 Architectural designs and data clauses for architect-engineer or construction contracts. · 227.7107-3 Approval of restricted designs. →

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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