---
kind: "unit"
title: "37"
title_heading: "Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights"
key: "chIV/part501"
level: "part"
label: "Part 501"
heading: "Uniform Patent Policy for Rights in Inventions Made by Government Employees"
release: "ecfr-current"
date: "2026-08-27"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/37/chIV-part501"
sections_count: 11
---

# Part 501 — Uniform Patent Policy for Rights in Inventions Made by Government Employees

Title 37 C.F.R. — Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights › Chapter IV — National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of Commerce

## Sections

- [§501.1. Purpose.](/cfr/37/501.1.md)
- [§501.2. Scope.](/cfr/37/501.2.md)
- [§501.3. Definitions.](/cfr/37/501.3.md)
- [§501.4. Determination of inventions and rights.](/cfr/37/501.4.md)
- [§501.5. Agency liaison officer.](/cfr/37/501.5.md)
- [§501.6. Criteria for the determination of rights in and to inventions.](/cfr/37/501.6.md)
- [§501.7. Agency determination.](/cfr/37/501.7.md)
- [§501.8. Appeals by employees.](/cfr/37/501.8.md)
- [§501.9. Patent protection.](/cfr/37/501.9.md)
- [§501.10. Dissemination of this part and of implementing regulations.](/cfr/37/501.10.md)
- [§501.11. Submissions and inquiries.](/cfr/37/501.11.md)