[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 48, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 48CFR27.305-2]

[Page 510]
 
            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
 
                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION
 
PART 27--PATENTS, DATA, AND COPYRIGHTS--Table of Contents
 
         Subpart 27.3--Patent Rights Under Government Contracts
 
Sec. 27.305-2  Follow-up by contractor.

    (a) Contractor procedures. If required by the applicable clause, the 
contractor shall establish and maintain effective procedures to ensure 
its patent rights obligations are met and that subject inventions are 
timely identified and disclosed, and when appropriate, patent 
applications are filed.
    (b) Contractor reports. Contractors shall submit all reports 
required by the patent rights clause to the contracting officer or other 
representative designated for such purpose in the contract. Agencies 
may, in their implementing instructions, provide specific forms for use 
on an optional basis for such reporting.