14 CFR 1245.302
§ 1245.302 Inventions by NASA employees.
United States · 14 CFR — Aeronautics and Space · Status: effective
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- 14 CFR 1245.302, § 1245.302 Inventions by NASA employees, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/60378
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(a) The foreign rights of NASA and of the NASA employee making an invention are determinable in accordance with Executive Orders 9865 and 10096 and Government Patent Board Administrative Order No. 6 issued pursuant thereto.
(b) Where NASA acquires an assignment of the domestic rights in an invention made by a NASA employee, NASA will also obtain an option to acquire the foreign rights, including the right to file foreign patent applications on the invention.
(c) Where NASA is entitled to only a governmental license in the invention, the principal foreign rights in the invention are retained by the employee unless he agrees in writing to assign such rights to NASA.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.