38 CFR § 1.652 - Criteria for determining rights to employee inventions.
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title: "38 CFR § 1.652 - Criteria for determining rights to employee inventions."
title_number: 38
title_name: "Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief"
section_number: "1.652"
section_name: "Criteria for determining rights to employee inventions."
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part_name: "GENERAL PROVISIONS"
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authority: "38 U.S.C. 501, and as noted in specific sections."
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# 1.652 Criteria for determining rights to employee inventions.
(a) The criteria to be applied in determining the respective rights of the Government and of the employee-inventor in and to any invention subject to these provisions shall be in accordance with the Uniform Patent Policy regulations found at 37 CFR 501.6 and 501.7.
(b) Ownership in and to inventions arising under Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs) pursuant to 15 USC 3710a shall be governed by the provisions of the pertinent CRADA, as authorized by the Federal Technology Transfer Act.
(Authority: 15 U.S.C. 3710a; 37 CFR part 501)
[61 FR 29658, June 12, 1996]