32 CFR § 37.870 - Should I require recipients to mark documents related to inventions?

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t32/s37.870"
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title: "32 CFR § 37.870 - Should I require recipients to mark documents related to inventions?"
title_number: 32
title_name: "National Defense"
section_number: "37.870"
section_name: "Should I require recipients to mark documents related to inventions?"
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "DoD GRANT AND AGREEMENT REGULATIONS"
part_number: "37"
part_name: "TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENT AGREEMENTS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 301 and 10 U.S.C. 113."
regulatory_source: "68 FR 47160, Aug. 7, 2003, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "37"
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# 37.870 Should I require recipients to mark documents related to inventions?

To protect the recipient's interest in inventions, your TIA should require the recipient to mark documents disclosing inventions it desires to protect by obtaining a patent. The recipient should mark the documents with a legend identifying them as intellectual property subject to public release or public disclosure restrictions, as provided in 35 U.S.C. 205.