---identifier: "/us/cfr/t10/s780.20"source: "ecfr"legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"title: "10 CFR § 780.20 - Initiation of proceeding."title_number: 10title_name: "Energy"section_number: "780.20"section_name: "Initiation of proceeding."chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY"part_number: "780"part_name: "PATENT COMPENSATION BOARD REGULATIONS"positive_law: falsecurrency: "2026-04-05"last_updated: "2026-04-05"format_version: "1.1.0"generator: "[email protected]"authority: "42 U.S.C. 7151, 7254; 42 U.S.C. 5814, 5815; 42 U.S.C. 2183, 2187, 2223; 35 U.S.C. 183; North American Free Trade Agreement, Article 1709(10), as implemented by the North American Free Trade Agreement Implementing Act, Pub. L. 103-182."regulatory_source: "46 FR 39581, Aug. 4, 1981, unless otherwise noted."cfr_part: "780"---
Identifier
/us/cfr/t10/s780.20
Currency
2026-04-05
Positive Law
No
Updated
2026-04-05
Chapter
Department of Energy
Authority
42 U.S.C. 7151, 7254; 42 U.S.C. 5814, 5815; 42 U.S.C. 2183, 2187, 2223; 35 U.S.C. 183; North American Free Trade Agreement, Article 1709(10), as implemented by the North American Free Trade Agreement ... 42 U.S.C. 7151, 7254; 42 U.S.C. 5814, 5815; 42 U.S.C. 2183, 2187, 2223; 35 U.S.C. 183; North American Free Trade Agreement, Article 1709(10), as implemented by the North American Free Trade Agreement Implementing Act, Pub. L. 103-182.
# 780.20 Initiation of proceeding.When any person in the Department believes that the Department should declare a patent affected with the public interest pursuant to section 153a of the Act, that person shall make such a recommendation to the Under Secretary. If, after consultation with the General Counsel, the Under Secretary agrees with the recommendation, the Under Secretary shall initiate in writing a proceeding under section 153a before the Board. The communication of the Under Secretary to the Board shall identify the patent and state the basis for the proposed declaration.