---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 C.F.R. § 6.0"
title: "34"
number: "6.0"
heading: "General policy."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/34/6.0"
---

# §6.0. General policy.


Inventions developed through the resources and activities of the Department are a potential resource of great value to the public. It is the policy of the Department:

- (a) To safeguard the public interest in inventions developed by Department employees, contractors and grantees with the aid of public funds and facilities;
- (b) To encourage and recognize individual and cooperative achievement in research and investigations; and
- (c) To establish a procedure, consistent with pertinent statutes, Executive orders and general Government regulations, for the determination of rights and obligations relating to the patenting of inventions.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301.

### Source

Source: 45 FR 30814, May 9, 1980, unless otherwise noted.