32 CFR § 746.12 - Litigation.

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title: "32 CFR § 746.12 - Litigation."
title_number: 32
title_name: "National Defense"
section_number: "746.12"
section_name: "Litigation."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY"
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subchapter_name: "PROCUREMENT, PROPERTY, PATENTS, AND CONTRACTS"
part_number: "746"
part_name: "LICENSING OF GOVERNMENT INVENTIONS IN THE CUSTODY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "5 U.S.C. 301; 10 U.S.C. 5031; 40 U.S.C. 486(c); and 41 CFR 101-4.1."
regulatory_source: "41 FR 55712, Dec. 22, 1976, unless otherwise noted."
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# 746.12 Litigation.

The property interest in a patent is the right to exclude. It is not the intent of the Government to transfer the property right in a patent when a license is issued pursuant to this part. Accordingly, the right to sue for infringement shall be retained with respect to all licenses so issued by the Government.