7 C.F.R. § 1466.36 – Intellectual property. | MidpageIntellectual property.
Effective Dec 17, 2019
- (a) This section applies to all CIG awardees under this subpart.
- (b) Allocation of rights to patents and inventions shall be in accordance with 2 CFR part 200.
- (c) Small businesses may retain the principal worldwide patent rights to any invention developed with the support of USDA.
(d) USDA may—
- (1) Receive a royalty-free license for Federal Government use,
- (2) Reserve the right to require the patentee to license others in certain circumstances, and
- (3) Require that anyone exclusively licensed to sell the invention in the United States must normally manufacture it domestically.