---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 C.F.R. § 1.655"
title: "38"
number: "1.655"
heading: "Government license in invention of employee."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/38/1.655"
---

# §1.655. Government license in invention of employee.


If an invention is made by an employee and it is determined that the employee inventor is entitled to full ownership under [37 CFR 501.6](/cfr/37/501.6.md), subject to a nonexclusive, irrevocable, royalty-free license in the Government with power to grant sublicenses for all Governmental purposes, it shall be the duty of the employee inventor to notify the Office of General Counsel of the status of the patent application, including the patent application number, so that the Department may protect the interests reserved to the Government under [37 CFR 501.6](/cfr/37/501.6.md).


## Notes

### Amendments

[61 FR 29658, June 12, 1996]

### Authority

Authority: Sections 1.650 to 1.666 issued under sect. 1, 66 Stat. 811, 72 Stat. 1114; 35 U.S.C. 266; 15 U.S.C. 3710a; 38 U.S.C. 501; E.O. 10096, E.O. 10930, 15 FR 389; 3 CFR 1949-1953 Comp.

### Authority

Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501, and as noted in specific sections.

### Source

Source: 40 FR 33944, Aug. 12, 1975, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[61 FR 29658, June 12, 1996]