---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 1245.303"
title: "14"
number: "1245.303"
heading: "Criteria."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/1245.303"
---

# §1245.303. Criteria.


The following categories of inventions will be considered for the filing of patent applications by NASA in countries other than the United States:

- (a) Inventions which may be utilized abroad in governmental programs of the United States.
- (b) Inventions which may be exploited abroad in the public interest by license to U.S. nationals or others.
- (c) Inventions which may be utilized in applications type satellites, such as communications and meteorological satellites.
- (d) **Inventions considered to be basic discoveries or of major significance in an art.**
- (e) **Inventions in fields which directly concern the public health or public welfare.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 51 U.S.C. 20135(g) and E.O. 9865, 12 FR 3907, 3 CFR, 1943-1948 Comp., p. 651, and E.O. 10096, 15 FR 389, 3 CFR, 1949-1953 Comp., p. 292.

### Source

Source: 30 FR 1844, Feb. 10, 1965, unless otherwise noted.