# Rights to Inventions Made by Nonprofit Organizations and Small Business Firms Under Government Grants, Contracts, and Cooperative Agreements; Electronic Filing of Written Submissions; Definition of the Term ``Patent Application'' or ``Application for Patent''
> **Bureau of Industry and Security** · Interim rule with request for comments. · Published 1995-08-14 · Effective 1995-08-14 · 60 FR 41811
## Document
- **Document number:** 95-20023
- **Category:** bis-export-control
- **Sub-agency:** Bureau of Industry and Security
- **Federal Register citation:** 60 FR 41811
- **CFR reference:** 37 CFR 401
- **Publication date:** 1995-08-14
- **Effective date:** 1995-08-14
- **Commerce docket:** Docket No. 950615153-5153-01
## Abstract

This interim rule (1) authorizes certain government contractors and grantees to report electronically to the funding agencies their inventions and respective election of title on agency- approved systems; (2) recognizes that the law now authorizes the filing of provisional U.S. patent applications by defining the term ``patent application'' or ``application for patent'' to include provisional patent applications; and (3) updates the name and address of the office to where all submissions and inquiries should be sent. Federal agencies each year enter into many research funding agreements with nonprofit organizations and small business firms, which require them to submit written reports and other information to the agencies relating to inventions made under the funding agreements. The reports and information must then be manually processed by the agencies. A number of these contractors, grantees and agencies have established computer systems for keeping track of their inventions. It is desirable to utilize these systems to facilitate the invention reporting requirements by permitting contractors and grantees to submit reports and information to the agencies in electronic form. This would result in a reduction of time, paper and postage for the contractors and grantees and allow the agencies to more easily keep track of the inventions.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1995/08/14/95-20023/rights-to-inventions-made-by-nonprofit-organizations-and-small-business-firms-under-government)
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