Department of Energy National Laboratory Cooperative Research Initiatives Act: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Energy Research and Development of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate, One Hundredth Congress, First Session on S. 1480 ... September 15 and 17, 1987, Volume 4, Part 1

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Page 452 - practical application" means to manufacture in the case of a composition or product, to practice in the case of a process or method, or to operate in the case of a machine or system; and, in each case, under such conditions as to establish that the invention is being utilized and that its benefits are to the extent permitted by law or Government regulations available to the public on reasonable terms. (g) The term "made" when used in relation to any invention means the conception or first actual...
Page 467 - ... against the United States in the Court of Claims for the recovery of his reasonable and entire compensation for such use and manufacture.
Page 467 - Government on account of any alleged patent or copyright infringement arising out of the performance of this contract or out of the use of any supplies furnished or work or services performed hereunder, the Contractor shall furnish to the Government...
Page 429 - Administrator shall prescribe, he may waive all or any part of the rights of the United States under this section with respect to any invention or class of inventions made or which may be made by any person or class of persons in the performance of any work required by any contract of the Administration if the Administrator determines that the interests of the United States will be served thereby.
Page 247 - Congress shall have the power .... to promote the progress of science, and the useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors, the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries.
Page 452 - Small business firm" means a domestic small business concern as defined at section 2 of Pub. L. 85-536 (15 USC 632) and implementing regulations of the Administrator of the Small Business Administration. For the purpose of this clause, the size standard for small business concerns involved in Government procurement and subcontracting at 13 CFR 121.3-8 and 13 CFR 121.3-12, respectively, will be used. (6) "Nonprofit organization...
Page 464 - Government-owned-contractor-operated facility, requirements (i) that after payment of patenting costs, licensing costs, payments to inventors, and other expenses incidental to the administration of subject inventions...
Page 467 - The provisions of this clause shall be applicable only if the amount of this contract exceeds $10,000. (a) The Contractor shall report to the Contracting Officer, promptly and in reasonable written detail, each notice or claim of patent or copyright infringement based on the performance of this contract of which the Contractor has knowledge. (b) In the event of any claim or...
Page 431 - In determining whether a waiver to the contractor or inventor of rights to an identified invention will best serve the interests of the United States and the general public, the...
Page 452 - Subject invention, as used in this clause, means any invention of the Contractor conceived or first actually reduced to practice in the performance of work under this contract; provided, that in the case of a variety of plant, the date of determination (as defined in section 41(d) of the Plant Variety Protection Act, 7 USC 2401(d)) must also occur during the period of contract performance.