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FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 27: Patents, Data, and Copyrights › Subpart 27.3

FAR 27.304-4 Appeals.

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 requires the designated agency official to give a contractor a written statement explaining the basis for certain adverse patent-related actions, such as refusing an invention disclosure extension, demanding title conveyance, refusing a U.S. industry waiver, or refusing an assignment approval. It also allows agencies to create appeal procedures for these actions, and says that if the Contract Disputes statute already covers an appeal, those procedures satisfy the requirement.

Applies to: Government contractors subject to patent rights clauses and the designated agency official

What it requires

  • The designated agency official must provide the contractor a written statement of the basis, including relevant facts, for the listed actions.

Key terms: designated agency official · invention disclosure period · conveyance of title · waiver · Contract Disputes statute

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

The text

(a) The designated agency official shall provide the contractor with a written statement of the basis, including any relevant facts, for taking any of the following actions:

(1) A refusal to grant an extension to the invention disclosure period under paragraph (c)(4) of the clause at 52.227-11;

(2) A demand for a conveyance of title to the Government under 27.302(d)(1)(i) and (ii);

(3) A refusal to grant a waiver under 27.302(g), Preference for United States industry; or

(4) A refusal to approve an assignment under 27.304-1(h).

(b) Each agency may establish and publish procedures under which any of these actions may be appealed. These appeal procedures should include administrative due process procedures and standards for fact-finding. The resolution of any appeal shall consider both the factual and legal basis for the action and its consistency with the policy and objectives of 35 U.S.C. 200-206 and 210.

(c) To the extent that any of the actions described in paragraph (a) of this section are subject to appeal under the Contract Disputes statute, the procedures under that statute will satisfy the requirements of paragraph (b).

Sections it refers to

← 27.304-3 Subcontracts. · 27.305 Administration of patent rights clauses. →

Rule changes for FAR Part 27

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

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