35 USC 208: Regulations governing Federal licensing
Text contains those laws in effect on September 6, 2024
From Title 35-PATENTSPART II-PATENTABILITY OF INVENTIONS AND GRANT OF PATENTSCHAPTER 18-PATENT RIGHTS IN INVENTIONS MADE WITH FEDERAL ASSISTANCE
§208. Regulations governing Federal licensing
The Secretary of Commerce is authorized to promulgate regulations specifying the terms and conditions upon which any federally owned invention, other than inventions owned by the Tennessee Valley Authority, may be licensed on a nonexclusive, partially exclusive, or exclusive basis.
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Section effective July 1, 1981, but implementing regulations authorized to be issued earlier, see section 8(f) of