Government patent policies: institutional patent agreements : hearings before the before the Subcommittee on Monopoly and Anticompetitive Activities of the Select Committee on Small Business, United States Senate, Ninety-fifth Congress, second session ...

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Page 1961 - Contract was duly signed for and in behalf of said Corporation by authority of its governing body, and is within the scope of its corporate powers.
Page 1937 - ... the Contractor hereby assigns to the Government all the rights that the Contractor would have to enforce the subcontractor's obligations for the benefit of the Government with respect to Subject Inventions.
Page 1021 - In the language of the statute, any person who "invents or discovers any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof, may obtain a patent," subject to the conditions and requirements of the law.
Page 1153 - Government, on the commercial use that is being made or is intended to be made of inventions made under Government contracts.
Page 1086 - Nonexpendable personal property means tangible personal property having a useful life of more than one year and an acquisition cost of $300 or more per unit.
Page 1014 - A trade secret may consist of any formula, pattern, device or compilation of information which is used in one's business, and which gives him an opportunity to obtain an advantage over competitors who do not know or use it.
Page 1088 - Purchases made specifically for the research agreement should be charged thereto at their actual prices after deducting all cash discounts, trade discounts, rebates, and allowances received by the institution. Withdrawals from general stores or stockrooms should be charged at their cost under any recognized method of pricing stores withdrawals conforming to sound accounting practices consistently followed by the institution.
Page 1863 - Sections l(e), l(f), and l(g), (1) at least a nonexclusive, nontransferable, paid-up license to make, use, and sell the Invention throughout the world by or on behalf of the Government of the United States (including any Government agency) and States and domestic municipal governments, unless the...
Page 1093 - Circular, except that any such costs continuing after termination due to the negligent or willful failure of the institution to discontinue such costs will be considered unacceptable. d. Loss of useful value of special tooling, and special machinery and equipment is generally allowable, provided...
Page 1030 - Whoever invents or discovers any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof, may obtain a patent therefor, subject to the conditions and requirements of this title.

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