50 CFR § 401.21 - Patents and inventions.

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title: "50 CFR § 401.21 - Patents and inventions."
title_number: 50
title_name: "Wildlife and Fisheries"
section_number: "401.21"
section_name: "Patents and inventions."
chapter_name: "JOINT REGULATIONS (UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE); ENDANGERED SPECIES COMMITTEE REGULATIONS"
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part_number: "401"
part_name: "ANADROMOUS FISHERIES CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT AND ENHANCEMENT"
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authority: "Anadromous Fish Conservation Act (79 Stat. 1125, as amended, 84 Stat. 214, 88 Stat. 398), 16 U.S.C. 757a-757f."
regulatory_source: "40 FR 26678, June 25, 1975, unless otherwise noted."
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# 401.21 Patents and inventions.

Determination of the patent rights in any inventions or discoveries resulting from work under project agreements entered into pursuant to the Act shall be consistent with the “Government Patent Policy” (President's memorandum for Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies, August 23, 1971, and statement of Government Patent Policy as printed in 36 FR 16889).