37 CFR § 401.16 - Federal agency reporting requirements.

---
identifier: "/us/cfr/t37/s401.16"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "37 CFR § 401.16 - Federal agency reporting requirements."
title_number: 37
title_name: "Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights"
section_number: "401.16"
section_name: "Federal agency reporting requirements."
chapter_name: "NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE"
part_number: "401"
part_name: "RIGHTS TO INVENTIONS MADE BY NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND SMALL BUSINESS FIRMS UNDER GOVERNMENT GRANTS, CONTRACTS, AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "35 U.S.C. 206; DOO 30-2A."
regulatory_source: "52 FR 8554, Mar. 18, 1987, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "401"
---


# 401.16 Federal agency reporting requirements.

Federal agencies will report annually to the Secretary on data pertaining to reported subject inventions under a funding agreement, including—

(a) Number of subject inventions reported to the Federal agency;

(b) Patent applications filed on subject inventions;

(c) Issued patents on subject inventions;

(d) Number of requests and number of requests granted for extension of the time for disclosures, election, and filing per 37 CFR 401.14(c)(5);

(e) Number of subject inventions conveyed to the Government in accordance with 37 CFR 401.14(d);

(f) Number of waivers requested and waivers granted per 37 CFR 401.14(i);

(g) Number of requests for assignment of invention rights; and

(h) Summary of utilization information provided by contractors. Such information will be received by the Secretary no later than the last day of October of each year.

[88 FR 17739, Mar. 24, 2023]