SpendQueryBeta

FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 252: Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses › Subpart 252.2

DFARS 252.227-7007 License term—running royalty.

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 clause states that the license granted under the contract lasts for the entire term of each patent covered by the License Grant clause, as well as any future patents issued from the referenced applications. It matters because it defines how long the contractor's license obligations and rights continue, unless the contract ends the license earlier under other provisions.

Applies to: Patent releases, license agreements, and assignments that include this clause

Key terms: license · running royalty · full term · patents · License Grant clause

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

The text

As prescribed at 227.7009-4(b), insert the following clause in patent releases, license agreements, and assignments:

License Term—Running Royalty (AUG 1984)

The license hereby granted shall remain in full force and effect for the full term of each of the patents referred to in the “License Grant” clause of this contract and any and all patents hereafter issued on applications for patent referred to above unless sooner terminated as elsewhere herein provided.

(End of clause)

Sections it refers to

  • 227.7009-4 Additional clauses—contracts providing for payment of a running royalty.

Sections that refer to it

  • 227.7009-4 Additional clauses—contracts providing for payment of a running royalty.
  • 252.227-7012 Patent License and Release Contract.

← 252.227-7006 License grant—running royalty. · 252.227-7008 Computation of royalties. →

Rule changes for DFARS Part 252

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

DFARS 252.227-7007 License term—running royalty · SpendQuery