40 CFR § 40.160-3 - Reporting of inventions.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t40/s40.160-3"
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title: "40 CFR § 40.160-3 - Reporting of inventions."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "40.160-3"
section_name: "Reporting of inventions."
chapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "GRANTS AND OTHER FEDERAL ASSISTANCE"
part_number: "40"
part_name: "RESEARCH AND DEMONSTRATION GRANTS"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "7 U.S.C. 136 15 U.S.C. 2609 33 U.S.C. 1254 and 1443; 42 U.S.C. 241 300f 1857 1891 and 6901 2 CFR part 200."
regulatory_source: "38 FR 12784, May 15, 1973, unless otherwise noted."
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# 40.160-3 Reporting of inventions.
Immediate and full reporting of all inventions to the Environmental Protection Agency is required. In addition:
(a) An annual invention statement is required with each continuation application.
(b) A final invention report is required within 120 days after completion of the project period as provided in 2 CFR 200.344.
(c) When a principal investigator changes institutions or ceases to direct a project, an invention statement must be promptly submitted with a listing of all inventions during his administration of the grant.
[38 FR 12784, May 15, 1973, as amended at 40 FR 20083, May 8, 1975; 79 FR 76062, Dec. 19, 2014; 87 FR 30401, May 19, 2022]