10 CFR § 784.2 - Definitions.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t10/s784.2"
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title: "10 CFR § 784.2 - Definitions."
title_number: 10
title_name: "Energy"
section_number: "784.2"
section_name: "Definitions."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY"
part_number: "784"
part_name: "PATENT WAIVER REGULATION"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "42 U.S.C. 7151; 42 U.S.C. 5908; 42 U.S.C. 2182; 35 U.S.C. 202 and 210; 42 U.S.C. 7261a."
regulatory_source: "61 FR 36614, July 12, 1996, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "784"
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# 784.2 Definitions.
As used in this part:
*Contract* means procurement contracts, grants, agreements, understandings and other arrangements (including Cooperative Research and Development Agreements [CRADAs], Work for Others and User Facility agreements, which includes research, development, or demonstration work, and includes any assignment or substitution of the parties, entered into, with, or for the benefit of DOE.
*Contractor* means entities performing under contracts as defined above.
*Patent Counsel* means the DOE Patent Counsel assisting the contracting activity.