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

FAR 52.227-7 Patents—Notice of Government Licensee.

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 provision tells offerors that the Government must pay a royalty on this acquisition because of a patent license agreement, and it identifies the patent number and royalty rate. If an offeror is the patent owner or a licensee, it must indicate that status; otherwise its offer will be evaluated as if the royalty amount were added to it.

Applies to: Offerors responding to a solicitation that includes this provision

What it requires

  • Indicate whether the offeror is the owner or a licensee of the patent, if applicable

Key terms: royalty · patent · license agreement · owner · licensee

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

The text

As prescribed at 27.202-5(b), insert the following provision:

Patents—Notice of Government Licensee (APR 1984)

The Government is obligated to pay a royalty applicable to the proposed acquisition because of a license agreement between the Government and the patent owner. The patent number is ____ [Contracting Officer fill in], and the royalty rate is ____ [Contracting Officer fill in]. If the offeror is the owner of, or a licensee under, the patent, indicate below:

( ) Owner ( ) Licensee

If an offeror does not indicate that it is the owner or a licensee of the patent, its offer will be evaluated by adding thereto an amount equal to the royalty.

(End of provision)

Sections it refers to

  • 27.202-5 Solicitation provisions and contract clause.

Sections that refer to it

  • 27.202-5 Solicitation provisions and contract clause.

← 52.227-6 Royalty Information. · 52.227-8 [Reserved] →

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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