---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 40.160-3"
title: "40"
number: "40.160-3"
heading: "Reporting of inventions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/40.160-3"
---

# §40.160-3. Reporting of inventions.


Immediate and full reporting of all inventions to the Environmental Protection Agency is required. In addition:

- (a) **An annual invention statement is required with each continuation application.**
- (b) A final invention report is required within 120 days after completion of the project period as provided in [2 CFR 200.344](/cfr/2/200.344.md).
- (c) When a principal investigator changes institutions or ceases to direct a project, an invention statement must be promptly submitted with a listing of all inventions during his administration of the grant.

## Notes

### Amendments

[38 FR 12784, May 15, 1973, as amended at 40 FR 20083, May 8, 1975; 79 FR 76062, Dec. 19, 2014; 87 FR 30401, May 19, 2022]

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.; 15 U.S.C. 2609 et seq.; 33 U.S.C. 1254 et seq. and 1443; 42 U.S.C. 241 et seq., 300f et seq., 1857 et seq., 1891 et seq., and 6901 et seq., 2 CFR part 200.

### Source

Source: 38 FR 12784, May 15, 1973, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[38 FR 12784, May 15, 1973, as amended at 40 FR 20083, May 8, 1975; 79 FR 76062, Dec. 19, 2014; 87 FR 30401, May 19, 2022]