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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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55 sections with “patent license”: the first 40

  • DFARS 252.227-7012 Patent License and Release Contract.
    As prescribed at 227.7012, insert the following clause in patent releases, license agreements, and assignments: (Contract No.) Patent License and Release Contract (DEC 2022) This CONTRACT is effective as of the ____ day of [month, year],…
  • FAR 52.227-7 Patents—Notice of Government Licensee.
    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 …
  • FAR 27.202-2 Notice of Government as a licensee.
    (a) When the Government is obligated to pay a royalty on a patent because of an existing license agreement and the contracting officer believes that the licensed patent will be applicable to a prospective contract, the Government should fur…
  • 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 31.205-37 Royalties and other costs for use of patents.
    (a) Royalties on a patent or amortization of the cost of purchasing a patent or patent rights necessary for the proper performance of the contract and applicable to contract products or processes are allowable unless— (1) The Government ha…
  • 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 227.673 Foreign license and technical assistance agreements between the Government and domestic concerns.
    … Contracts between the Government and a primary source to provide technical assistance or patent rights to a second source for the manufacture of supplies or performance of services shall, to the extent practicable, specify the rights in pa…
  • DFARS 227.7004 Requirements for filing an administrative claim for patent infringement.
    (a) A patent infringement claim for compensation, asserted against the United States under any of the applicable statutes cited in 227.7002, must be actually communicated to and received by a Department, agency, organization, office, or fie…
  • 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 252.227-7038 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 227.676 Foreign patent interchange agreements.
    (a) Patent interchange agreements between the United States and foreign governments provide for the use of patent rights, compensation, free licenses, and the establishment of committees to review and make recommendations on these matters. …
  • DFARS 227.7009 Patent releases, license agreements, and assignments.
    This section contains clauses for use in patent release and settlement agreements, license agreements, and assignments, executed by the Government, under which the Government acquires rights. Minor modifications of language (e.g., pluraliza…
  • 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…
  • 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 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 27.305-3 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 …
  • DFARS 227.303 Contract clauses.
    (1) Use the clause at 252.227-7039, Patents—Reporting of Subject Inventions, in solicitations and contracts containing the clause at FAR 52.227-11, Patent Rights—Ownership by the Contractor. (2)(i) Use the clause at 252.227-7038, Patent Ri…
  • DFARS 227.675-2 Review of agreements.
    …Program or otherwise through the Government, in recognition of the Government's rights in patents and data, the Department concerned shall evaluate the amount of the reduction to determine whether it is fair and reasonable in the circumstan…
  • 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 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…
  • FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …Office of Management and Budget (OMB) prompt payment regulations at 5 CFR part 1315. (h) Patent indemnity. The Contractor shall indemnify the Government and its officers, employees and agents against liability, including costs, for actual …
  • DFARS 227.671 General.
    …nish to a foreign concern or government, herein referred to as a “second source;” foreign patent rights; technical assistance in the form of data, know-how, trained personnel of the primary source, instruction and guidance of the personnel …
  • DFARS 252.227-7008 Computation of royalties.
    As prescribed at 227.7009-4(c), insert the following clause in patent releases, license agreements, and assignments: Computation of Royalties (AUG 1984) Subject to the conditions hereinafter stated, royalties shall accrue to the Contracto…
  • 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 27.304-1 General.
    …c) Greater rights determinations. Whenever the contract contains the clause at 52.227-13, Patent Rights—Ownership by the Government, or a patent rights clause modified pursuant to 27.303(e)(2), the contractor (or an employee-inventor of the…
  • 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 227.674 Supply contracts between the Government and a foreign government or concern.
    …er compensation paid or to be paid to a primary source (or any of his subcontractors) for patent rights, rights in data, and other technical assistance provided to the second source, including identification and description of such patents,…
  • 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 …

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