---
kind: "unit"
title: "37"
title_heading: "Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights"
key: "chIV/part404"
level: "part"
label: "Part 404"
heading: "Licensing of Government-Owned Inventions"
release: "ecfr-current"
date: "2026-08-27"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/37/chIV-part404"
sections_count: 15
---

# Part 404 — Licensing of Government-Owned Inventions

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

## Sections

- [§404.1. Scope of part.](/cfr/37/404.1.md)
- [§404.2. Policy and objective.](/cfr/37/404.2.md)
- [§404.3. Definitions.](/cfr/37/404.3.md)
- [§404.4. Authority to grant licenses.](/cfr/37/404.4.md)
- [§404.5. Restrictions and conditions on all licenses granted under this part.](/cfr/37/404.5.md)
- [§404.6. Nonexclusive licenses.](/cfr/37/404.6.md)
- [§404.7. Exclusive, co-exclusive, and partially exclusive licenses.](/cfr/37/404.7.md)
- [§404.8. Application for a license.](/cfr/37/404.8.md)
- [§404.9. Reserved](/cfr/37/404.9.md)
- [§404.10. Modification and termination of licenses.](/cfr/37/404.10.md)
- [§404.11. Appeals.](/cfr/37/404.11.md)
- [§404.12. Protection and administration of inventions.](/cfr/37/404.12.md)
- [§404.13. Transfer of custody.](/cfr/37/404.13.md)
- [§404.14. Confidentiality of information.](/cfr/37/404.14.md)
- [§404.15. Severability.](/cfr/37/404.15.md)