45 CFR — Public Welfare
Appendix A to Part 650—Optional Format for Confirmatory License
United States · 45 CFR — Public Welfare · Status: effective
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- 45 CFR — Public Welfare, Appendix A to Part 650—Optional Format for Confirmatory License, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/219661
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The following format may be used for the confirmatory license to the Government required by subparagraph (f)(5) of the Patent Rights clause in § 650.4(a). Any equivalent instrument may also be used.
This instrument confirms to the United States Government, as represented by the National Science Foundation, an irrevocable, nonexclusive, nontransferable, royalty-free license to practice or have practiced on its behalf throughout the world the following subject invention:
This subject invention was made with NSF support through:
Principal rights to this subject invention have been left with the licensor.
Accepted on behalf of the Government:
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.