Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer

Authority

• 15 U.S.C. § 3710a

Description

• Licenses may be granted in specific fields of use, exclusive or nonexclusive.

Features/Characteristics

• Federal government licensing policy states that the industry partner must develop and execute a plan for commercializing the invention.

  The partner must also agree that any products developed through use of the invention will be manufactured substantially in the United States.

I.P. and Resource Commitment

• Licenses are usually granted to a private-sector partner for the right to practice, make, and/or sell a patented invention.

  Patents owned by the Department of the Interior are offered for licensing through the Office of the Solicitor or the Bureau holding the patent.

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