---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 1245.304"
title: "14"
number: "1245.304"
heading: "Procedures."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/1245.304"
---

# §1245.304. Procedures.

- (a) The patent counsel at each NASA field installation will review all invention disclosures at the time of docketing and will expedite the processing and preparation of a U.S. patent application, if justified, on those inventions which appear to fall within the criteria set forth in [§ 1245.303](/cfr/14/1245.303.md). The patent counsel will make a recommendation as to whether or not foreign patent coverage appears justified at the time of assigning a priority evaluation to a disclosed invention.
- (b) Preparation and filing of patent applications in foreign countries will be subject to approval of the Assistant General Counsel for Patent Matters, NASA Headquarters.
- (c) The Office of Assistant General Counsel for Patent Matters will budget for and administer the filing of all patent applications in countries other than the United States.
- (d) Coordination with other interested NASA offices will be undertaken by the Assistant General Counsel for Patent Matters.

## 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.