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

FAR 27.305-1 Goals.

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 states the goals for administering contracts that include a patent rights clause. It matters to contractors because it describes how inventions must be identified, disclosed, reported, and how the Government's rights in those inventions are established and documented. It also addresses which agency administers rights when more than one agency funds the contract.

Applies to: Contracts having a patent rights clause

What it requires

  • Identify, disclose, and report inventions as required by the contract, and make elections
  • Establish the rights of the Government in subject inventions
  • Timely file and prosecute patent applications by contractors or by the Government when patent protection is appropriate
  • Document the rights of the Government in filed patent applications by formal instruments such as licenses or assignments

Key terms: patent rights clause · subject invention · patent protection · licenses · assignments

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

The text

(a) Contracts having a patent rights clause should be so administered that—

(1) Inventions are identified, disclosed, and reported as required by the contract, and elections are made;

(2) The rights of the Government in subject inventions are established;

(3) When patent protection is appropriate, patent applications are timely filed and prosecuted by contractors or by the Government;

(4) The rights of the Government in filed patent applications are documented by formal instruments such as licenses or assignments; and

(5) Expeditious commercial utilization of subject inventions is achieved.

(b) If a subject invention is made under a contract funded by more than one agency, at the request of the contractor or on their own initiative, the agencies shall designate one agency as responsible for administration of the rights of the Government in the invention.

← 27.305 Administration of patent rights clauses. · 27.305-2 Administration by the Government. →

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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