---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 C.F.R. § 782.7"
title: "10"
number: "782.7"
heading: "Incomplete notice of infringement."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/10/782.7"
---

# §782.7. Incomplete notice of infringement.

- (a) If a communication alleging patent or copyright infringement is received that does not meet the requirements set forth above in [§ 782.5](/cfr/10/782.5.md), the sender shall be advised in writing by the General Counsel:
  - (1) That the claim for infringement has not been satisfactorily presented; and
  - (2) **Of the elements considered necessary to establish a claim.**
- (b) A communication, such as a mere offer of a license, in which an infringement is not alleged in accordance with [§ 782.5(a)](/cfr/10/782.5.md?p=a) of this part shall not be considered a claim for infringement.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Dept. of Energy Organization Act; sec. 651, 91 Stat. 601, 42 U.S.C. 7261; Atomic Energy Act of 1954; sec. 107(d), 88 Stat. 1241, 42 U.S.C. 5817(d); sec. 161(g), 80 Stat. 443, 42 U.S.C. 2201(g); sec. 172, 62 Stat. 933, 42 U.S.C. 2223; Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, sec. 2356, 75 Stat. 440, 22 U.S.C. 2356; Patents, Invention Secrecy Act; sec. 183, 66 Stat. 4, 35 U.S.C. 183; Judiciary and Judical Procedure Act, sec. 1498, 62 Stat. 601, 28 U.S.C. 1498.

### Source

Source: 45 FR 26950, Apr. 22, 1980, unless otherwise noted.