---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 1466.36"
title: "7"
number: "1466.36"
heading: "Intellectual property."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/1466.36"
---

# §1466.36. Intellectual property.

- (a) This section applies to all CIG awardees under this subpart.
- (b) Allocation of rights to patents and inventions shall be in accordance with [2 CFR part 200](/cfr/2/part200.md).
- (c) Small businesses may retain the principal worldwide patent rights to any invention developed with the support of USDA.
- (d) **USDA may—**
  - (1) Receive a royalty-free license for Federal Government use,
  - (2) Reserve the right to require the patentee to license others in certain circumstances, and
  - (3) Require that anyone exclusively licensed to sell the invention in the United States must normally manufacture it domestically.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 714b and 714c; and 16 U.S.C. 3839aa—3839-8.

### Source

Source: 84 FR 69280, Dec. 17, 2019, unless otherwise noted.