Title 35 — PatentsRelease 119-73
§206 Uniform clauses and regulations
Title 35 › Part PART II— - PATENTABILITY OF INVENTIONS AND GRANT OF PATENTS › Chapter CHAPTER 18— - PATENT RIGHTS IN INVENTIONS MADE WITH FEDERAL ASSISTANCE › § 206
Summary
The Secretary of Commerce can write rules that federal agencies must follow when carrying out the work in sections 202–204, and must make a set of standard funding-agreement terms for this chapter. Before those rules and the standard funding terms are finalized, the public must be allowed to comment on them.
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Title 35, §206
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The Secretary of Commerce may issue regulations which may be made applicable to Federal agencies implementing the provisions of sections 202 through 204 of this chapter and shall establish standard funding agreement provisions required under this chapter. The regulations and the standard funding agreement shall be subject to public comment before their issuance.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1984—Pub. L. 98–620 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section read as follows: “The Office of Federal Procurement Policy, after receiving recommendations of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, may issue
Regulations
which may be made applicable to Federal agencies implementing the provisions of sections 202 through 204 of this chapter and the Office of Federal Procurement Policy shall establish standard funding agreement provisions required under this chapter.”
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section effective July 1, 1981, but implementing
Regulations
authorized to be issued earlier, see section 8(f) of Pub. L. 96–517, set out as an
Effective Date
of 1980 Amendment note under section 41 of this title.
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Citation
35 U.S.C. § 206
Title 35 — Patents
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73