35 U.S.C. 208: Regulations governing Federal licensing
Taken from the 9th Edition of the MPEP, Revision 01.2024, Published November 2024
35 U.S.C. 208 Regulations governing Federal licensing.
The Secretary of Commerce is authorized to promulgate regulations specifying the terms and conditions upon which any federally owned invention, other than inventions owned by the Tennessee Valley Authority, may be licensed on a nonexclusive, partially exclusive, or exclusive basis.
(Added Dec. 12, 1980, Public Law 96-517, sec. 6(a), 94 Stat. 3024; amended Nov. 8, 1984, Public Law 98-620, sec. 501(12), 98 Stat. 3367.)