CFR > Title 15 - Commerce and Foreign Trade > SUBTITLE A—Office of the Secretary of Commerce > PART 17—LICENSING OF GOVERNMENT-OWNED INVENTIONS IN THE CUSTODY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE > SUBPART A—Licensing of Rights in Domestic Patents and Patent Applications (§17.1 to §17.1) > 17.1—Licensing rules.

17.1—Licensing rules.

(a) The Government-wide rules for the licensing of rights in domestic patents and patent applications vested in the United States of America, found at 41 CFR 101-4.1, are applicable to all such licensing activities of the Department of Commerce, subject to the following minor clarifications:
(1) The term “Government agency” as defined at 41 CFR 101-4.102(c) means the United States Department of Commerce or a designated operating unit within the Department.
(2) The term “The head of the Government agency”, as defined at 41 CFR 101-4.102(d), means the Secretary of Commerce or a designee.
(b) [Reserved]

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[42 FR 54415, Oct. 6, 1977]