---
kind: "section"
citation: "37 C.F.R. § 404.12"
title: "37"
number: "404.12"
heading: "Protection and administration of inventions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/37/404.12"
---

# §404.12. Protection and administration of inventions.


A Federal agency may take any suitable and necessary steps to protect and administer rights to Government owned inventions, either directly or through contract.


## Notes

### Amendments

[71 FR 11514, Mar. 8, 2006]

### Authority

Authority: 35 U.S.C. 207-209, DOO 30-2A.

### Source

Source: 50 FR 9802, Mar. 12, 1985, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[71 FR 11514, Mar. 8, 2006]