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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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27 sections with “applications for patent”

  • FAR 27.203 Security requirements for patent applications containing classified subject matter.
  • FAR 52.227-11 Patent Rights—Ownership by the Contractor.
    … 10 months of the filing of the provisional application. The Contractor shall file patent applications in additional countries or international patent offices within either 10 months of the first filed patent application (whether provisiona…
  • DFARS 252.227-7038 Patent Rights—Ownership by the Contractor (Large Business).
    …ion within 10 months of the filing of any provisional application; and (iii) File patent applications in additional countries or international patent offices within either 10 months of the first filed patent application (whether provisiona…
  • FAR 52.227-10 Filing of Patent Applications—Classified Subject Matter.
    As prescribed at 27.203-2, insert the following clause: Filing of Patent Applications—Classified Subject Matter (DEC 2007) (a) Before filing or causing to be filed a patent application in the United States disclosing any subject matter of…
  • FAR 52.227-13 Patent Rights—Ownership by the Government.
    …sions of paragraph (c) of this clause, and to execute all papers necessary to file patent applications on subject inventions and to establish the Government's rights in the subject inventions. This disclosure format should require, as a min…
  • DFARS 252.227-7004 License grant.
    …evocable, nonexclusive, nontransferable, and paid up license under the following patents, applications for patent, and any patents granted on such applications, and under any patents which may issue as the result of any reissue, division or…
  • DFARS 252.227-7006 License grant—running royalty.
    …_____, an irrevocable, nonexclusive, nontransferable license under the following patents, applications for patent, and any patents granted on such applications, and under any patents which may issue as the result of any reissue, division, o…
  • DFARS 252.227-7011 Assignments.
    … ____________, the entire right, title, and interest in and to the following patents (and applications for patent), in and to the inventions thereof, and in and to all claims and demands whatsoever for infringement thereof heretofore accrue…
  • FAR 27.305-3 Securing invention rights acquired by the Government.
    … licenses, and other papers evidencing any rights of the Government in patents or patents applications. These instruments should be recorded in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (see Executive Order 9424, Establishing in the United State…
  • DFARS 227.7011 Procurement of rights in inventions, patents, and copyrights.
    …ed, it is the policy of the Department of Defense to procure rights under patents, patent applications, and copyrights whenever it is in the Government's interest to do so and the desired rights can be obtained at a fair price. The required…
  • FAR 49.601-2 Letter notice.
    …ng to the Contracting Officer: (1) Disclosure of all inventions, discoveries, and patent applications made in the performance of the contract. (2) Instruments of license or assignment on all inventions, discoveries, and patent application…
  • FAR 49.603-1 Fixed-price contracts—complete termination.
    …er the contract and relating to reproduction rights, patent infringements, inventions, or applications for patents, including rights to assignments, invention reports, licenses, covenants of indemnity against patent risks, and bonds for pat…
  • FAR 49.603-2 Fixed-price contracts—partial termination.
    …er the contract and relating to reproduction rights, patent infringements, inventions, or applications for patents, including rights to assignments, invention reports, licenses, covenants of indemnity against patent risks, and bonds for pat…
  • FAR 49.603-3 Cost-reimbursement contracts—complete termination, if settlement includes cost.
    …er the contract and relating to reproduction rights, patent infringements, inventions, or applications for patents, including rights to assignments, invention reports, licenses, covenants of indemnity against patent risks, and bonds for pat…
  • FAR 49.603-4 Cost-reimbursement contracts—complete termination, with settlement limited to fee.
    …er the contract and relating to reproduction rights, patent infringements, inventions, or applications for patents, including rights to assignments, invention reports, licenses, covenants of indemnity against patent risks, and bonds for pat…
  • DFARS 227.7013 Recordation.
    …issioner of Patents and Trademarks, for recording, all Government interests in patents or applications for patents.
  • DFARS 252.227-7001 Release of past infringement.
    … effective date of this contract, of any inventions covered by (i) any of the patents and applications for patent identified in this contract, and (ii) any other patent or application for patent owned or hereafter acquired by the Contractor…
  • DFARS 252.227-7005 License term.
    …n the “License Grant” clause of this contract and any and all patents hereafter issued on applications for patent referred to in such “License Grant” clause. Alternate II (OCT 2001). The license hereby granted shall terminate on the ______…
  • DFARS 252.227-7007 License term—running royalty.
    …n the “License Grant” clause of this contract and any and all patents hereafter issued on applications for patent referred to above unless sooner terminated as elsewhere herein provided. (End of clause)
  • DFARS 252.227-7010 License to other Government agencies.
    …s (AUG 1984) The Contractor hereby agrees to grant a separate license under the patents, applications for patents, and improvements referred to in the “License Grant” clause of this contract, on the same terms and conditions as appear in t…
  • FAR 27.203-1 General.
    (a) Unauthorized disclosure of classified subject matter, whether in patent applications or resulting from the issuance of a patent, may be a violation of 18 U.S.C. 792, et seq. (Chapter 37—Espionage and Censorship), and related statutes, a…
  • FAR 27.305-1 Goals.
    …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 d…
  • FAR 4.402 General.
    …yrights, contains policy and procedures for safeguarding classified information in patent applications and patents.
  • FAR 27.200 Scope of subpart.
    …d copyright infringement liability; (b) Royalties; (c) Security requirements for patent applications containing classified subject matter; and (d) Patented technology under trade agreements.
  • FAR 27.305-2 Administration by the Government.
    … check that subject inventions are identified and disclosed, and when appropriate, patent applications are filed, and that the Government's rights therein are established and protected. Follow-up activities for contracts that include a clau…
  • FAR 27.305-4 Protection of invention disclosures.
    …patent rights clauses of 52.227-11 or 52.227-13 for a reasonable time in order for patent applications to be filed. The Government will follow the policy in 27.302(j) regarding protection of confidentiality. (b) The Government should also …
  • FAR 52.227-9 Refund of Royalties.
    …cense amortization costs, or the like, for the use of or for rights in patents and patent applications in connection with performing this contract or any subcontract hereunder. (c) The Contractor shall furnish to the Contracting Officer, b…

FAR (chapter 1)

DFARS (chapter 2, Defense)

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Rule changes in progress: FAR, DFARS. Terms: glossary.