Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer

Authority

• 35 U.S.C. 207-209, 37 CFR §404

Description

• NASA has the authority to grant license agreements on its domestic and foreign patents, patent applications, and software.

  NASA patent and copyright licenses may be exclusive, partially exclusive, or nonexclusive.

Features/Characteristics

• Exclusive License Agreement: A legal document granting intellectual property rights to another party for their sole use in a given field of use or geographic area.

  Nonexclusive License Agreement: A legal document granting intellectual property rights to an unlimited number of parties in a given field of use or geographic area.

  Limited (Partially) Exclusive License Agreement: A legal document granting intellectual property rights to a predetermined number of recipients (more than one) for a specific field of use or geographic area. This is also referred to as a field of use license.

I.P. and Resource Commitment

• All NASA licenses are individually negotiated and contain terms concerning commercialization (practical application), license duration, royalties, and periodic reporting.

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