CFR > Title 37 - Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights > CHAPTER IV—ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR TECHNOLOGY POLICY, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE > PART 404—LICENSING OF GOVERNMENT OWNED INVENTIONS > 404.12—Protection and administration of inventions.

404.12—Protection and administration of inventions.

A Federal agency may take any suitable and necessary steps to protect and administer rights to Government owned inventions, either directly or through contract.

Code of Federal Regulations

[71 FR 11514, Mar. 8, 2006]