---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 650.4"
title: "45"
number: "650.4"
heading: "Standard patent rights clause."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/650.4"
---

# §650.4. Standard patent rights clause.

- (a) The following Patent Rights clause will be used in every funding agreement awarded by the Foundation that relates to scientific or engineering research unless a special patent clause has been negotiated (see [§ 650.5](/cfr/45/650.5.md)).
- (b) When the above Patent Rights clause is used in a funding agreement other than a grant, “grant” and “grantee” may be replaced by “contract” and “contractor” or other appropriate terms.

## Notes

### Amendments

[57 FR 18053, Apr. 28, 1992, as amended at 59 FR 37438, July 22, 1994; 62 FR 49938, Sept. 24, 1997; 70 FR 43071, July 26, 2005]

### Authority

Authority: 35 U.S.C. 200-212, 42 U.S.C. 1870(e) and 1871; and the Presidential Memorandum entitled “Government Patent Policy”, issued February 18, 1983.

### Source

Source: 57 FR 18053, Apr. 28, 1992, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[57 FR 18053, Apr. 28, 1992, as amended at 59 FR 37438, July 22, 1994; 62 FR 49938, Sept. 24, 1997; 70 FR 43071, July 26, 2005]