# Rights to Federally Funded Inventions and Licensing of Government Owned Inventions
> **National Institute of Standards and Technology** · Final rule. · Published 2023-03-24 · Effective 2023-04-24 · 88 FR 17730
## Document
- **Document number:** 2023-06033
- **Category:** uspto-patent
- **Sub-agency:** National Institute of Standards and Technology
- **Federal Register citation:** 88 FR 17730
- **CFR reference:** 37 CFR 401
- **Publication date:** 2023-03-24
- **Effective date:** 2023-04-24
- **Commerce docket:** Docket No.: 230315-0076
## Abstract

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announces revisions to regulations in order to make several technical corrections; reorganize certain subsections; remove outdated and/or unnecessary sections; institute a reporting requirement on federal agencies; and provide clarifications on definitions, communications, process for exercising march-in rights, filing of provisional patent applications, electronic filing of Bayh-Dole related reporting, the purpose of royalties on licenses from the Federal Government, and the processes for granting exclusive, co-exclusive, and partially exclusive licenses and for appeals. NIST has not adopted in this final rule a provision in the proposed rule regarding exercising march-in rights on the sole basis of product pricing. Instead, NIST intends to engage with stakeholders and agencies with the goal of developing a comprehensive framework for agencies considering the use of march-in provisions.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/03/24/2023-06033/rights-to-federally-funded-inventions-and-licensing-of-government-owned-inventions)
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