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

DFARS 252.227-7010 License to other Government agencies.

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 requires the Contractor to grant a separate license to any other Government department or agency that requests one, on the same terms and conditions as this license contract. The Contractor must also promptly notify the existing Licensee when such a request is received. It matters because it obligates the Contractor to extend licensing rights beyond the original Government licensee.

Applies to: Contractors entering patent releases, license agreements, and assignments with the Government

What it requires

  • Grant a separate license to any other Government department or agency upon written request, on the same terms and conditions as this license contract
  • Notify the Licensee promptly upon receipt of any request for such a license

Key terms: License Grant · Licensee · separate license · royalties · department or agency of the Government

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(e), insert the following clause in patent releases, license agreements, and assignments:

License to Other Government Agencies (AUG 1984)

The Contractor hereby agrees to grant a separate license under the patents, applications for patents, and improvements referred to in the “License Grant” clause of this contract, on the same terms and conditions as appear in this license contract, to any other department or agency of the Government at any time on receipt of a written request for such a license from such department or agency; Provided, however, that as to royalties which accrue under such separate licenses, reports and payments shall be made directly to the Contractor by each such other department or agency pursuant to the terms of such separate licenses. The Contractor shall notify the Licensee hereunder promptly upon receipt of any request for license hereunder.

(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.
  • 227.7011 Procurement of rights in inventions, patents, and copyrights.
  • 252.227-7012 Patent License and Release Contract.

← 252.227-7009 Reporting and payment of royalties. · 252.227-7011 Assignments. →

Rule changes for DFARS Part 252

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

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