Regulations last checked for updates: Apr 30, 2025

Title 48 - Federal Acquisition Regulations System last revised: Oct 18, 2025
927.304 - 927.304 Procedures.

Where the contract contains the clause at 37 CFR 401.14 and the contractor does not elect to retain title to a subject invention, DOE may consider and, after consultation with the contractor, grant requests for retention of rights by the inventor subject to the provisions of 35 U.S.C. 200 et seq. This section supplements FAR 27.304-1(c).

[60 FR 11816, Mar. 2, 1995, as amended at 89 FR 89756, Nov. 13, 2024]
authority: Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (42 U.S.C. 2168,2182,2201; Federal Nonnuclear Energy Research and Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5908); Department of Energy National Security and Military Applications of Nuclear Energy Authorization Act of 1987 (42 U.S.C. 7261a.); Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101
source: 49 FR 12004, Mar. 28, 1984, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 48 CFR 927.304