---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 6.56"
title: "43"
number: "6.56"
heading: "Issuance of licenses."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/6.56"
---

# §6.56. Issuance of licenses.

- (a) Any person desiring a license relating to an invention upon which the Secretary of the Interior holds a patent or patent rights may file with the Solicitor of the Department of the Interior an application for a license, stating:
  - (1) The name, address, and citizenship of the applicant;
  - (2) The nature of his business;
  - (3) The patent or invention upon which he desires a license;
  - (4) The purpose for which he desires a license;
  - (5) His experience in the field of the desired license;
  - (6) Any patents, licenses, or other patent rights which he may have in the field of the desired license; and
  - (7) The benefits, if any, which the applicant expects the public to derive from his proposed use of the invention
- (b) It shall be the duty of the Solicitor, after consultation with the bureau most directly interested in the patent or invention involved in an application for a license, and with the Evaluation Committee if royalties are to be charged, to determine whether the license shall be granted. If he determines that a license is to be granted, he shall execute on behalf of the Secretary, an appropriate license.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; sec. 2, Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1950, 15 FR 3174; E.O. 10096, 15 FR 389; and E.O. 10930, 26 FR 2583.

### Source

Source: 29 FR 260, Jan. 10, 1964; 29 FR 6498, May 19, 1964, unless otherwise noted.