37 CFR 501.4
§ 501.4 Determination of inventions and rights.
United States · 37 CFR — Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights · Status: effective
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- 37 CFR 501.4, § 501.4 Determination of inventions and rights, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/163286
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Each Government agency has the approval of the Secretary to determine whether the results of research, development, or other activity in the agency constitute an invention within the purview of Executive Order 10096, as amended by Executive Order 10930 and Executive Order 10695, and to determine the rights in and to the invention in accordance with the provisions of §§ 501.6 and 501.7.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.