37 CFR 401.16
§ 401.16 Federal agency reporting requirements.
United States · 37 CFR — Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights · Status: effective
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- 37 CFR 401.16, § 401.16 Federal agency reporting requirements, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/163263
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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.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.