Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy; Rights to Inventions Made by Nonprofit Organizations and Small Business Firms Under Government Grants, Contracts, and Cooperative Agreements; Special Agreements To Provide Services for a Government Laboratory Under a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) With a Collaborating Party
other · US Department of Commerce · Published 2004-04-02 · Effective 2004-05-03 · 69 FR 17299
Document
Document number
04-7487
Federal Register citation
69 FR 17299
CFR reference
37 CFR 401
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
other
Sub-agency
US Department of Commerce
Publication date
2004-04-02
Effective date
2004-05-03
Commerce docket
Docket No. 950615153-3312-03
Abstract
The Under Secretary for Technology, United States Department of Commerce, is today issuing a final rule amending regulations to authorize Federal agencies to use an alternate patent rights clause in certain agreements with nonprofit organizations and small business firms to provide services at Government-owned and Government-operated and Government-owned and contractor-operated laboratories in connection with a CRADA between the laboratory and a collaborating party. A proposed rule, with a request for public comment, was published in the Federal Register on September 11, 2000 (65 FR 54826). This final rule responds to comments received in response to this Federal Register notice. The changes in this final rule include clarifications and editorial corrections.