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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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52 sections with “patents”: the first 40

  • 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 …
  • 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 252.227-7039 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 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…
  • 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 252.227-7004 License grant.
    …nt an irrevocable, 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, di…
  • DFARS 252.227-7006 License grant—running royalty.
    … of __________, 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, di…
  • 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 227.7004 Requirements for filing an administrative claim for patent infringement.
    …A request for compensation, either expressed or implied; (3) A citation of the patent or patents alleged to be infringed; (4) A sufficient designation of the alleged infringing item or process to permit identification, giving the military…
  • 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 27.201-2 Contract clauses.
    … its Alternate I. Note that this exclusion is for items, as distinguished from identified patents (see paragraph (e) of this subsection). (e) It may be in the Government's interest to exempt specific U.S. patents from the patent indemnity …
  • 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.
  • 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 27.102 General guidance.
    …n the performance of certain contracts, even though the inventions may be covered by U.S. patents. (c) Generally, contractors providing commercial products and commercial services should indemnify the Government against liability for the i…
  • FAR 27.305-2 Administration by the Government.
    …e Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office and other sources for patents issued to the contractor in fields related to its Government contracts; and (4) To have cognizant Government personnel interview contractor p…
  • FAR 52.227-5 Waiver of Indemnity.
    …acture, 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)
  • FAR 52.232-7 Payments under Time-and-Materials and Labor-Hour Contracts.
    …tractor with all terms of this contract (including, without limitation, terms relating to patents and the terms of paragraph (g) of this clause), the Government shall promptly pay any balance due the Contractor. The completion voucher, and …
  • DFARS 227.673 Foreign license and technical assistance agreements between the Government and domestic concerns.
    …pplies or performance of services shall, to the extent practicable, specify the rights in patents and data and any other rights to be supplied to the second source. Each contract shall provide, in connection with any separate agreement betw…
  • DFARS 227.674 Supply contracts between the Government and a foreign government or concern.
    …ssistance provided to the second source, including identification and description of such patents, data, and technical assistance; and (b) Shall not accept or allow charges which in effect are— (1) For royalties or amortization for patent…
  • DFARS 252.227-7005 License term.
    …nse hereby granted shall remain in full force and effect for the full term of each of the patents referred to in the “License Grant” clause of this contract and any and all patents hereafter issued on applications for patent referred to in …
  • DFARS 252.227-7007 License term—running royalty.
    …nse hereby granted shall remain in full force and effect for the full term of each of the patents referred to in the “License Grant” clause of this contract and any and all patents hereafter issued on applications for patent referred to abo…
  • DFARS 252.227-7010 License to other Government agencies.
    …t Agencies (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 ap…
  • DFARS 252.227-7038 Patent Rights—Ownership by the Contractor (Large Business).
    …ion (whether provisional or nonprovisional) or 6 months from the date the Commissioner of Patents grants permission to file foreign patent applications where such filing has been prohibited by a Secrecy Order. (4) The Contractor may reques…
  • DFARS 252.227-7040 Additional preaward requirements for Small Business Technology Transfer Program.
    … ownership, rights, and responsibilities for intellectual property (including inventions, patents, technical data, and computer software) resulting from the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program award; (ii) Identification of wh…
  • DFARS 252.227-7041 Additional postaward requirements for Small Business Technology Transfer Program.
    … ownership, rights, and responsibilities for intellectual property (including inventions, patents, technical data, and computer software) resulting from performance of this contract; (2) Identification of which party to the written agreeme…
  • FAR 3.1101 Definitions.
    …st (excluding diversified mutual fund investments); (vi) Real estate investments; (vii) Patents, copyrights, and other intellectual property interests; or (viii) Business ownership and investment interests.
  • FAR 15.408 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …copy of the current license agreement and identification of applicable claims of specific patents (see FAR 27.202 and 31.205-37). F. Facilities Capital Cost of Money. When you elect to claim facilities capital cost of money as an allowable…
  • FAR 27.000 Scope of part.
    …bes the policies, procedures, solicitation provisions, and contract clauses pertaining to patents, data, and copyrights.
  • FAR 27.201-1 General.
    … authorize and consent to a contractor's use or manufacture of inventions covered by U.S. patents by inserting the clause at 52.227-1, Authorization and Consent. (c) Because of the exclusive remedies granted in 28 U.S.C. 1498, the Governme…
  • FAR 27.202-5 Solicitation provisions and contract clause.
    …sert in the solicitation a provision substantially the same as the provision at 52.227-7, Patents—Notice of Government Licensee. If the clause at 52.227-6 is not included in the solicitation, the contracting officer may require offerors to …
  • FAR 31.109 Advance agreements.
    …rch and development and bid and proposal costs; (6) Royalties and other costs for use of patents; (7) Selling and distribution costs; (8) Travel and relocation costs, as related to special or mass personnel movements, as related to trave…
  • 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 49.603-1 Fixed-price contracts—complete termination.
    …nd 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 patent indemnity obl…
  • FAR 49.603-2 Fixed-price contracts—partial termination.
    …nd 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 patent indemnity obl…
  • FAR 49.603-3 Cost-reimbursement contracts—complete termination, if settlement includes cost.
    …nd 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 patent indemnity obl…
  • FAR 49.603-4 Cost-reimbursement contracts—complete termination, with settlement limited to fee.
    …nd 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 patent indemnity obl…
  • FAR 52.203-16 Preventing Personal Conflicts of Interest.
    …st (excluding diversified mutual fund investments); (vi) Real estate investments; (vii) Patents, copyrights, and other intellectual property interests; or (viii) Business ownership and investment interests. (b) Requirements. The Contrac…
  • FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …idental expenses, incurred by the Contractor under the terms of this contract relating to patents. (8) Prompt payment. The Government will make payment in accordance with the Prompt Payment Act (31 U.S.C. 3903) and prompt payment regulatio…
  • FAR 52.227-6 Royalty Information.
    …y of the current license agreement and an identification of applicable claims of specific patents. (End of provision) Alternate I (APR 1984). As prescribed in 27.202-5(a)(2), substitute the following for the introductory portion of paragr…
  • FAR 52.227-9 Refund of Royalties.
    … 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 contract or any subcontract hereunder. (c) The Contractor shall furnish to the Con…

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