# DOE Patent Licensing Regulations
> **US Department of Energy** · Final rule. · Published 2012-02-01 · Effective 2012-02-01 · 77 FR 4887
## Document
- **Document number:** 2012-2162
- **Category:** other
- **Sub-agency:** US Department of Energy
- **Federal Register citation:** 77 FR 4887
- **CFR reference:** 10 CFR 781
- **Publication date:** 2012-02-01
- **Effective date:** 2012-02-01
## Abstract

The Department of Energy (DOE) is amending its patent licensing regulations to remove outdated sections and provide for the creation of a new appeal authority to serve as the Invention Licensing Appeal Board. Under the new regulations, the DOE Deputy General Counsel for Technology Transfer and Procurement shall hear and decide appeals relating to licensing of federally-owned inventions; and to copyright licenses granted in works created under management and operating (M & O) contracts with DOE, but not including M & O contracts administered by the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) for NNSA facilities. The NNSA Deputy General Counsel for Procurement shall hear and decide appeals under management and operating contracts administered by NNSA for NNSA facilities.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2012/02/01/2012-2162/doe-patent-licensing-regulations)
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