Regulations last checked for updates: Feb 06, 2026

Title 48 - Federal Acquisition Regulations System last revised: Jan 28, 2026
1227.305-4 - 1227.305-4 Protection of invention disclosures.

Solicitations and contracts that include a patent rights clause must provide the contractor the means to report inventions made during contract performance and at contract completion. This requirement may be fulfilled by requiring the contractor to submit a Department of Defense DD Form 882, Report of Inventions and Subcontracts.

authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 41 U.S.C. 1121(c)(3); 41 U.S.C. 1702; and 48 CFR 1.301 through 1.304
source: 87 FR 61159, Oct. 7, 2022, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 48 CFR 1227.305-4