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FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 52: Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses › Subpart 52.2

FAR 52.227-5 Waiver of Indemnity.

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 lets the Government authorize and consent to the use and manufacture of inventions covered by specific U.S. patents, solely for performing this contract. It also waives any right to indemnification from the Contractor for those identified patents. It matters because it limits the Contractor's indemnity exposure for the listed patents.

Applies to: Contracts that include this clause and identify specific U.S. patents

Key terms: Waiver of Indemnity · indemnification · United States patents · invention

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

The text

As prescribed in 27.201-2(e), insert the following clause:

Waiver of Indemnity (APR 1984)

Any provision or clause of this contract to the contrary notwithstanding, the Government hereby authorizes and consents to the use and manufacture, solely in performing this contract, of any invention covered by the United States patents identified below and waives indemnification by the Contractor with respect to such patents:

(End of clause)

Sections it refers to

Sections that refer to it

← 52.227-4 Patent Indemnity—Construction Contracts. · 52.227-6 Royalty Information. →

Rule changes for FAR Part 52

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

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