---
kind: "unit"
title: "45"
title_heading: "Public Welfare"
key: "subtB/chVI/part650"
level: "part"
label: "Part 650"
heading: "Patents"
release: "ecfr-current"
date: "2026-08-27"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/subtB-chVI-part650"
sections_count: 19
---

# Part 650 — Patents

Title 45 C.F.R. — Public Welfare › Subtitle B — Regulations Relating to Public Welfare › Chapter VI — National Science Foundation

## Sections

- [§650.1. Scope of part.](/cfr/45/650.1.md)
- [§650.2. National Science Foundation patent policy.](/cfr/45/650.2.md)
- [§650.3. Source of authority.](/cfr/45/650.3.md)
- [§650.4. Standard patent rights clause.](/cfr/45/650.4.md)
- [§650.5. Special patent provisions.](/cfr/45/650.5.md)
- [§650.6. Awards not primarily for research.](/cfr/45/650.6.md)
- [§650.7. Awards affected by international agreements.](/cfr/45/650.7.md)
- [§650.8. Retention of rights by inventor.](/cfr/45/650.8.md)
- [§650.9. Unwanted inventions.](/cfr/45/650.9.md)
- [§650.10. Inventions also supported by another Federal Agency.](/cfr/45/650.10.md)
- [§650.11. Utilization reports.](/cfr/45/650.11.md)
- [§650.12. Waivers and approvals.](/cfr/45/650.12.md)
- [§650.13. Exercise of march-in rights.](/cfr/45/650.13.md)
- [§650.14. Request for conveyance of title to NSF.](/cfr/45/650.14.md)
- [§650.15. Appeals.](/cfr/45/650.15.md)
- [§650.16. Background rights.](/cfr/45/650.16.md)
- [§650.17. Subcontracts.](/cfr/45/650.17.md)
- [§650.18. Delegation of authority.](/cfr/45/650.18.md)
- [§650.19. Electronic invention handling.](/cfr/45/650.19.md)