# Change of Publication Manner for Invention Licenses
**AGENCY:**
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of Commerce.
**ACTION:**
Notice.
**SUMMARY:**
Currently, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) publishes notices of prospective exclusive, co-exclusive or partially exclusive domestic or foreign licenses of Government owned inventions in the *Federal Register* . NIST is announcing that it will begin publishing such notices at *FEDBIZOPPS.GOV* ( *https://www.fbo.gov/* ), providing opportunity for filing written objections within at least a 15-day period.
**ADDRESSES:**
Questions related to this notice may be submitted to NIST, Technology Partnerships Office, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 2200, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, or emailed to *[email protected]* .
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Paul Zielinski, NIST Technology Partnerships Office, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 2200, Gaithersburg, MD 20899; by email at *[email protected],* or by phone at 301-975-2573.
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
Pursuant to 37 CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i), an exclusive, co-exclusive or partially exclusive domestic license, and, pursuant to 37 CFR 404.7(b)(1)(i), an exclusive, co-exclusive or partially exclusive foreign license, may be granted on Government owned inventions only if notice of a prospective license has been published in the *Federal Register* or other appropriate manner, providing opportunity for filing written objections within at least a 15-day period.
NIST provides notice that it will publish future notices of prospective exclusive, co-exclusive or partially exclusive domestic or foreign licenses in *FEDBIZOPPS.GOV* ( *https://www.fbo.gov/* ), providing opportunity for filing written objections within at least a 15-day period.
**Authority:**
35 U.S.C. 200 *et seq.*
Phillip Singerman,
Associate Director for Innovation and Industry Services.