United States Code (Last Updated: May 24, 2014) |
Title 35. PATENTS |
Part II. PATENTABILITY OF INVENTIONS AND GRANT OF PATENTS |
Chapter 18. PATENT RIGHTS IN INVENTIONS MADE WITH FEDERAL ASSISTANCE |
§ 208. Regulations governing Federal licensing
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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.
(Added Pub. L. 96–517, § 6(a), Dec. 12, 1980 , 94 Stat. 3024; amended Pub. L. 98–620, title V, § 501(12), Nov. 8, 1984 , 98 Stat. 3367.)
Amendments
1984—Pub. L. 98–620 substituted “Secretary of Commerce” for “Administrator of General Services”.