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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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42 sections with “patent application”: the first 40

  • 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 27.203 Security requirements for patent applications containing classified subject matter.
  • FAR 31.205-30 Patent costs.
    (a) The following patent costs are allowable to the extent that they are incurred as requirements of a Government contract (but see 31.205-33): (1) Costs of preparing invention disclosures, reports, and other documents. (2) Costs for sear…
  • FAR 52.227-11 Patent Rights—Ownership by the Contractor.
    As prescribed in 27.303(b)(1), insert the following clause: Patent Rights—Ownership by the Contractor (MAY 2014) (a) As used in this clause— Invention means any invention or discovery that is or may be patentable or otherwise protectable…
  • FAR 52.227-13 Patent Rights—Ownership by the Government.
    As prescribed at 27.303(e), insert the following clause: Patent Rights—Ownership by the Government (DEC 2007) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Invention means any invention or discovery that is or may be patentable or otherwise p…
  • DFARS 252.227-7038 Patent Rights—Ownership by the Contractor (Large Business).
    As prescribed in 227.303(2), use the following clause: Patent Rights—Ownership by the Contractor (Large Business) (JUN 2012) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause—Invention means— (1) Any invention or discovery that is or may be patent…
  • DFARS 252.227-7039 Patents—reporting of subject inventions.
    As prescribed in 227.303(1), use the following clause: Patents—Reporting of Subject Inventions (APR 1990) The Contractor shall furnish the Contracting Officer the following: (a) Interim reports every twelve (12) months (or such longer pe…
  • FAR 52.227-3 Patent Indemnity.
    As prescribed in 27.201-2(c)(1), insert the following clause: Patent Indemnity (APR 1984) (a) The Contractor shall indemnify the Government and its officers, agents, and employees against liability, including costs, for infringement of an…
  • 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 27.302 Policy.
    …tle 35, U.S.C. (as implemented by 37 CFR part 401), Presidential Memorandum on Government Patent Policy to the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies dated February 18, 1983, and Executive Order 12591, Facilitating Access to Science an…
  • FAR 27.303 Contract clauses.
    (a)(1) Insert a patent rights clause in all solicitations and contracts for experimental, developmental, or research work as prescribed in this section. (2) This section also applies to solicitations or contracts for construction work or a…
  • FAR 27.305-2 Administration by the Government.
    … and to 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…
  • FAR 52.227-4 Patent Indemnity—Construction Contracts.
    As prescribed in 27.201-2(d)(1), insert the following clause: Patent Indemnity—Construction Contracts (DEC 2007) Except as otherwise provided, the Contractor shall indemnify the Government and its officers, agents, and employees against l…
  • DFARS 227.7011 Procurement of rights in inventions, patents, and copyrights.
    …ed or been alleged, 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 pri…
  • DFARS 252.227-7001 Release of past infringement.
    As prescribed at 227.7009-2(a), insert the following clause in patent releases, license agreements, and assignments: Release of Past Infringement (SEP 2019) The Contractor hereby releases each and every claim and demand which the Contract…
  • FAR 27.305-1 Goals.
    (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…
  • FAR 4.402 General.
    … of a DD Form 254 (see subpart 4.11 for information on registering in SAM). (e) Part 27, Patents, Data, and Copyrights, contains policy and procedures for safeguarding classified information in patent applications and patents.
  • FAR 15.408 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …y or license fee: (1) Name and address of licensor. (2) Date of license agreement. (3) Patent numbers. (4) Patent application serial numbers, or other basis on which the royalty is payable. (5) Brief description (including any part or …
  • FAR 27.200 Scope of subpart.
    This subpart prescribes policies and procedures with respect to— (a) Patent and copyright infringement liability; (b) Royalties; (c) Security requirements for patent applications containing classified subject matter; and (d) Patented te…
  • FAR 27.305-3 Securing invention rights acquired by the Government.
    …itable assignments, 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 …
  • FAR 27.305-4 Protection of invention disclosures.
    … 205, withhold from disclosure to the public any invention disclosures reported under the 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 pol…
  • FAR 49.601-2 Letter notice.
    …er the contract in the usual way and do not include them in the settlement proposal. (f) Patents. If required by the contract, promptly forward the following to the Contracting Officer: (1) Disclosure of all inventions, discoveries, and p…
  • FAR 52.227-6 Royalty Information.
    …y or license fee: (1) Name and address of licensor. (2) Date of license agreement. (3) Patent numbers, patent application serial numbers, or other basis on which the royalty is payable. (4) Brief description, including any part or model…
  • FAR 52.227-9 Refund of Royalties.
    …d in this clause refers to any costs or charges in the nature of royalties, license fees, patent or license amortization costs, or the like, for the use of or for rights in patents and patent applications in connection with performing this …
  • DFARS 252.227-7000 Non-estoppel.
    As prescribed at 227.7009-1, insert the following clause in patent releases, license agreements, and assignments: Non-Estoppel (OCT 1966) The Government reserves the right at any time to contest the enforceability, validity, scope of, or …
  • DFARS 252.227-7004 License grant.
    As prescribed at 227.7009-3(a), insert the following clause in patent releases, license agreements, and assignments: License Grant (AUG 1984) (a) The Contractor hereby grants to the Government an irrevocable, nonexclusive, nontransferable…
  • DFARS 252.227-7006 License grant—running royalty.
    As prescribed at 227.7009-4(a), insert the following clause in patent releases, license agreements, and assignments: License Grant—Running Royalty (AUG 1984) (a) The Contractor hereby grants to the Government, as represented by the Secret…
  • DFARS 252.227-7011 Assignments.
    … Secretary of ____________, 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 here…
  • FAR 27.203-2 Contract clause.
    Insert the clause at 52.227-10, Filing of Patent Applications—Classified Subject Matter, in all classified solicitations and contracts and in all solicitations and contracts where the nature of the work reasonably might result in a patent a…
  • FAR 49.603-1 Fixed-price contracts—complete termination.
    …iabilities of the parties arising under the contract and relating to reproduction rights, patent infringements, inventions, or applications for patents, including rights to assignments, invention reports, licenses, covenants of indemnity ag…
  • FAR 49.603-2 Fixed-price contracts—partial termination.
    …iabilities of the parties arising under the contract and relating to reproduction rights, patent infringements, inventions, or applications for patents, including rights to assignments, invention reports, licenses, covenants of indemnity ag…
  • FAR 49.603-3 Cost-reimbursement contracts—complete termination, if settlement includes cost.
    …iabilities of the parties arising under the contract and relating to reproduction rights, patent infringements, inventions, or applications for patents, including rights to assignments, invention reports, licenses, covenants of indemnity ag…
  • FAR 49.603-4 Cost-reimbursement contracts—complete termination, with settlement limited to fee.
    …iabilities of the parties arising under the contract and relating to reproduction rights, patent infringements, inventions, or applications for patents, including rights to assignments, invention reports, licenses, covenants of indemnity ag…
  • DFARS 252.227-7005 License term.
    As prescribed at 227.7009-3(b), insert one of the following clauses in patent releases, license agreements, and assignments: License Term (OCT 2001) Alternate I (AUG 1984). The license hereby granted shall remain in full force and effect …
  • DFARS 252.227-7007 License term—running royalty.
    As prescribed at 227.7009-4(b), insert the following clause in patent releases, license agreements, and assignments: License Term—Running Royalty (AUG 1984) The license hereby granted shall remain in full force and effect for the full ter…
  • FAR 27.306 Licensing background patent rights to third parties.
    (a) A contract with a small business concern or nonprofit organization shall not contain a provision allowing the Government to require the licensing to third parties of inventions owned by the contractor that are not subject inventions unl…
  • DFARS 227.7013 Recordation.
    …agencies of the Government to forward through appropriate channels to the Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks, for recording, all Government interests in patents or applications for patents.
  • DFARS 252.227-7010 License to other Government agencies.
    As prescribed at 227.7009-4(e), insert the following clause in patent releases, license agreements, and assignments: License to Other Government Agencies (AUG 1984) The Contractor hereby agrees to grant a separate license under the patent…
  • FAR 6.302-1 Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.
    …mber of suppliers with unique capabilities. (2) The existence of limited rights in data, patent rights, copyrights, or secret processes; the control of basic raw material; or similar circumstances, make the supplies and services available …
  • FAR 27.301 Definitions.
    As used in this subpart— Invention means any invention or discovery that is or may be patentable or otherwise protectable under title 35 of the U.S. Code, or any variety of plant that is or may be protectable under the Plant Variety Protec…

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.