FEDERAL COORDINATING COUNCIL FOR SCIENCE, ENGINEERING, AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND INFORMATION

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE BUILDING

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20230

UNIVERSITY AD HOC TASK FORCE

Minutes of Meeting - February 14, 1977

The meeting convened at 9:30 a.m. in Room 338 of the National
Science Foundation, 1800 G Street, N.W., Washington, D. C.

The Chairman briefly discussed the actions taken to date by Messrs. Latker and Lasken in compiling the comments received on the proposed amendment to the FPR, and Mr. Lasken's proposed revisions suggested thereby.

Mr. Latker noted and distributed the materials submitted by Mr. Denny setting forth suggested ERDA waiver procedures for nonprofit institutions having a patent management capability. Mr. Latker also advised that Mr. Henderson indicated DOD would probably agree to accept any list of institutions approved by the interagency group.

Mr. Kempf asked if the proposed amendment to the FPR covering
nonprofit institutions would deviate with respect to reporting
and other procedures set forth in the basic short form patent
rights clauses of the FPR. Mr. Lasken suggested that the
short form clauses of the FPR be modified to accommodate the
changes made to the clauses for use under the IPA's. It was
the consensus of the task force that any deviations would
also be recommended for the short form clause of the FPR to
assure the desired uniformity.

Revisions to FPR Amendment

A page-by-page review of the proposed FPR amendment was made with the task force adopting certain modifications suggested by the comments received.

It was agreed that the disposition, and rationale therefor, of the comments are to be documented for the record by Messrs. Latker and Lasken. It was further agreed that the work of the Task Force would be further reviewed by the Intellectual Property Subcommittee and that its recommendations be submitted to GSA.

Next Meeting

For the next meeting, the Chairman asked the members to consider whether or not the 6-month period for reporting inventions ought to be extended, and what period - 6, 12, 18 or 24 months, is preferable.

The Chairman would advise the members of the next meeting date.

The meeting adjourned at 3:15 p.m.

O. Jumann

0. A. Neumann
Executive Secretary

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The meeting convened at 9:30 a.m. in Room 321 of the National
Science Foundation, 1800 G Street, N.W., Washington, D. C.

The Executive Secretary distributed the minutes of the February 4, 1977 meeting.

REVIEW OF THE FPR AMENDMENT

The Task Force continued its page-by-page review of the proposed amendment to the FPR concerning Institutional Patent Agreements.

The 6-month period for reporting under subparagraph V. (a) (i)
[page 30] was discussed at length. All agreed that this period
was in practice too short. It was suggested first that the
words "promptly but in any event immediately upon" replace the
specific time period. The Chairman noted that this was a
suggested change to the Subcommittee on Intellectual Property
and that agencies were not to be bound by it.

The Task Force completed its review of the comments and revised the proposed amendment to the FPR as appropriate.

PROCEDURE

It was agreed that Mr. Lasken would make available to the members the revised amendment for additional clean-up comments.

It was also agreed that Mr. Latker would advise Mr. Denny of the options as to how the Task Force should proceed.

The meeting adjourned at 3:30 p.m.

O. 6. Buman

O. A. Neumann
Executive Secretary

Enclosed for your review is a revised draft of the proposed FPR amendments based on our meetings of February 4 and 23, 1977. If you find any typographical errors please let me know so that these can be corrected. Any substantive comments that might require additional meetings to resolve should be addressed to Norm Latker.

It is my understanding that Norm is to determine whether we should also prepare other FPR changes to bring the "Short Form" clauses in line with the proposed language in the IPA. Assuming this is to be done, I would be prepared to submit a draft to the Task Force for consideration at another meeting. I have done a preliminary draft, and it would be a relatively easy task to complete a draft.

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