FAR 52.227-10 - Filing of Patent Applications - Classified Subject Matter
Prescribed in 27.203-2 | |
Effective Date: | 1 December 2007 |
Clause or Provision: | Clause |
Provision or Clause Number: | 52.227-10 - Filing of Patent Applications - Classified Subject Matter |
Principle Type And/Or Purpose of Contract: | |
Required: | |
Applicable: | Architect-Engineering; Dismantling, Demolition or Removal of Improvements; Fixed Price, Supply; Cost Reimbursement, Supply; Communication Services; Cost Reimbursement, Construction; Fixed Price, Construction; Cost Reimbursement, Service; Fixed Price, Service; Cost Reimbursement, R&D; Fixed Price, R&D; Indefinite Delivery |
Optional: | Utility Services; Simplified Acquisition Procedures (Excludes Micro-Purchase); Facilities; Leasing of Motor Vehicles; Time & Material/Labor Hour |
Subject: | Patents, Licenses, Data Rights, and Royalties |
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Contract Threshold: | |
Prescription Overview: |
PrescriptionInsert the clause at 52.227-10, Filing of Patent Applications—Classified Subject Matter, in all classified solicitations and contracts and in all solicitations and contracts where the nature of the work reasonably might result in a patent application containing classified subject matter. |
Clause Overview: |
Clause(a) Before filing or causing to be filed a patent application in the United States disclosing any subject matter of this contract classified “Secret” or higher, the Contractor shall, citing the 30-day provision below, transmit the proposed application to the Contracting Officer. The Government shall determine whether, for reasons of national security, the application should be placed under an order of secrecy, sealed in accordance with the provision of 35 U.S.C. 181-188, or the issuance of a patent otherwise delayed under pertinent United States statutes or regulations. The Contractor shall observe any instructions of the Contracting Officer regarding the manner of delivery of the patent application to the United States Patent Office, but the Contractor shall not be denied the right to file the application. If the Contracting Officer shall not have given any such instructions within 30 days from the date of mailing or other transmittal of the proposed application, the Contractor may file the application.
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Important Notes/Requirements: |
Applicable in classified solicitations and contracts and in all solicitations and contracts where the nature of the work reasonably might result in a patent application containing classified subject matter. |
Subcontract Threshold: | |
Incorporated by Reference: | Yes |
Uniform Contract Format: | I |
Editor: | Marshall |
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