Advance waiver.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 10

This section covers inventions that may be conceived or first actually reduced to practice in the course of or under a particular contract. In determining whether an advance waiver will best serve the interests of the United States and the general public, the Secretary or designee (currently the Assistant General Counsel for Technology Transfer and Intellectual Property) shall, at a minimum, specifically include as considerations the following: (a) The extent to which the participation of the contractor will expedite the attainment of the purposes of the program; (b) The extent to which a waiver of all or any part of such rights in any or all fields of technology is needed to secure the participation of the particular contractor; (c) The extent to which the work to be performed under the contract is useful in the production or utilization of special nuclear material or atomic energy; (d) The extent to which the contractor's commercial position may expedite utilization of the research, development, and demonstration results; (e) The extent to which the Government has contributed to the field of technology to be funded under the contract; (f) The purpose and nature of the contract, including the intended use of the results developed thereunder; (g) The extent to which the contractor has made or will make substantial investment of financial resources or technology developed at the contractor's private expense which will directly benefit the work to be performed under the contrac

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 10:§ 784.4