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DFARS 252.227-7039 Patents—reporting of subject inventions.

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 contractors to report subject inventions to the Contracting Officer through interim reports every 12 months and a final report within 3 months after completing the contracted work. It also requires providing patent application details and an irrevocable power to inspect patent files upon request. These obligations help the Government track inventions made under the contract.

Applies to: Contractors under contracts that include this clause

What it requires

  • Furnish interim reports every 12 months (or longer if specified) listing subject inventions or stating none exist.
  • Furnish a final report within 3 months after completion of the contracted work listing all subject inventions or stating none exist.
  • Upon request, provide filing date, serial number, title, a copy of the patent application, patent number, and issue data for any subject invention for which the Contractor has retained title.
  • Upon request, furnish the Government an irrevocable power to inspect and make copies of the patent application file.

Key terms: subject inventions · interim reports · final report · Contracting Officer · irrevocable power

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

The text

As prescribed in 227.303(1), use the following clause:

Patents—Reporting of Subject Inventions (APR 1990)

The Contractor shall furnish the Contracting Officer the following:

(a) Interim reports every twelve (12) months (or such longer period as may be specified by the Contracting Officer) from the date of the contract, listing subject inventions during that period and stating that all subject inventions have been disclosed or that there are no such inventions.

(b) A final report, within three (3) months after completion of the contracted work, listing all subject inventions or stating that there were no such inventions.

(c) Upon request, the filing date, serial number and title, a copy of the patent application and patent number, and issue data for any subject invention for which the Contractor has retained title.

(d) Upon request, the Contractor shall furnish the Government an irrevocable power to inspect and make copies of the patent application file.

(End of clause)

Sections it refers to

Sections that refer to it

← 252.227-7038 Patent Rights—Ownership by the Contractor (Large Business). · 252.227-7040 Additional preaward requirements for Small Business Technology Transfer Program. →

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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