[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 14, Volume 5]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 14CFR1245.116]

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                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE
 
                          SPACE ADMINISTRATION
 
PART 1245_PATENTS AND OTHER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS--
Table of Contents
 
                   Subpart 1_Patent Waiver Regulations
 
Sec. 1245.116  Miscellaneous provisions.

    (a) Filing of patent applications and reimbursement of costs. In 
order to protect the interests of the Government and the petitioner in 
inventions, a petitioner may file United States patent applications for 
such inventions prior to the Administrator's determination on a petition 
for waiver. If an application on an identified invention is filed during 
the pendency of the petition, or within 60 days prior to the receipt of 
a petition, NASA will reimburse the petitioner for any reasonable costs 
of the filing and patent prosecution that may have occurred, provided:
    (1) Similar patent filing and prosecution costs are not normally 
reimbursed to the petitioner as direct or indirect costs chargeable to 
the Government contracts;
    (2) The petition is ultimately denied with respect to domestic 
rights, or

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with respect to foreign and domestic rights, if both are requested, and
    (3) Prior to reimbursement, petitioner assigns the application to 
the United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
    (b) Statement of Government rights. The waiver recipient shall 
include, within the specification of any United States patent 
application and any patent issuing thereon for a waived invention, the 
following statement:

    The invention described herein was made in the performance of work 
under NASA Contract No. ------, and is subject to the provisions of 
Section 305 of the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958, as 
amended (42 U.S.C. 2457).

    (c) License to the Government. The waiver recipient shall return to 
NASA a duly executed and approved license to the Government (which will 
be prepared by the Government) fully confirming of all the rights, 
domestic and foreign, to which the Government is entitled.
    (d) Patent filing and issuance information. The waiver recipient 
shall furnish to either the Chairperson or the patent representative, 
the filing date, serial number and title, and upon request, a copy of 
any domestic or foreign patent application including an English language 
version if filed in a language other than English, and a copy of the 
patent or patent number and issue date, for any waived invention.
    (e) Transfer of rights. The waiver recipient shall notify the 
Chairperson prior to any transfer of principal rights in any waived 
invention to any party. Such transfer shall be subject to all rights 
reserved by the Government, and all obligations of the waiver recipient, 
as set forth in this subpart.
    (f) Utilization reports. (1) The waiver recipient shall provide to 
the Chairperson upon request, and no more frequently than annually, 
reports on the utilization of a waived invention or on efforts at 
obtaining such utilization being made by the waiver recipient or its 
licensees or assigns. Such reports shall include information regarding 
the status of the development, date of first commercial sale or use, and 
such other data and information as the Chairperson may reasonably 
specify. No utilization reports need be submitted after the term of the 
patent.
    (2) Such reports on the utilization of a waived invention, as well 
as information on the utilization or efforts at obtaining utilization 
obtained as part of a march-in proceeding under Sec. 1245.117, shall be 
treated by NASA as commercial and financial information obtained from a 
person and privileged and confidential and not subject to disclosure 
under 5 U.S.C. 552.
    (g) Communications. Unless otherwise specifically set forth in this 
subpart, all communications relating to waived inventions, and all 
information and documents required to be submitted to NASA in this 
subpart, shall be furnished to the patent representative designated in 
the contract under which the waived invention was made.

(Recordkeeping and reporting requirements contained in paragraph (f) 
were approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control 
number 2700-0050)