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

DFARS 252.227-7022 Government rights (unlimited).

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 gives the Government unlimited rights to all drawings, designs, specifications, notes, and other works created under the contract, including the right to reuse them on other Government projects without paying the Contractor more. The Contractor also grants the Government a paid-up worldwide license for any such works covered by design patent or copyright claims. For three years after the project is completed, the Contractor must provide originals or copies of these works when the Contracting Officer asks.

Applies to: Contractors performing work that produces drawings, designs, specifications, notes, or other works under this contract

What it requires

  • Grant the Government a paid-up license throughout the world to works covered by design patent or copyright claims
  • For three years after project completion, furnish the original or copies of all such works on the Contracting Officer's request

Key terms: unlimited rights · paid-up license · design patent · copyright · Contracting Officer

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

The text

As prescribed at 227.7107-1(a), use the following clause:

Government Rights (Unlimited) (MAR 1979)

The Government shall have unlimited rights, in all drawings, designs, specifications, notes and other works developed in the performance of this contract, including the right to use same on any other Government design or construction without additional compensation to the Contractor. The Contractor hereby grants to the Government a paid-up license throughout the world to all such works to which he may assert or establish any claim under design patent or copyright laws. The Contractor for a period of three (3) years after completion of the project agrees to furnish the original or copies of all such works on the request of the Contracting Officer.

(End of clause)

Sections it refers to

  • 227.7107-1 Architectural designs and data clauses for architect-engineer or construction contracts.

Sections that refer to it

  • 227.7107-1 Architectural designs and data clauses for architect-engineer or construction contracts.

← 252.227-7021 Rights in data—existing works. · 252.227-7023 Drawings and other data to become property of Government. →

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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