PART 9-9 PATENTS, DATA, AND §9-9.000 Scope of part. COPYRIGHTS (a) This part sets forth policies, instructions, and contract clauses pertaining to patents, data, and copyrights in connection with the procurement of supplies and services. (b) It is noted that §9-9.107-4(d) entitled "License rights (upon request) to the contractor" pertains to contracts for the operation of Government-owned facilities or special long term, cost-reimbursement Government-funded research, development, or demonstration work. It provides that in such contracts, the paragraph set forth in §9-9.107-5(e) shall be substituted for paragraph (c)(1) of the Patent Rights (long form) clause of §9-9.107-5(a) to provide a revocable, nonexclusive, royalty-free license in inventions only upon request by the contractor for reservation of such license. (c) Also, §9-9.107-4(g) entitled “Facilities license" covers a contract which has, as a purpose, the design, construction, or operation of a Government-owned research, development, demonstration, or production facility. It states that the paragraph of §9-9.107-5(h) shall be used in all such contracts, in addition to the provisions of the Patent Rights (long form) clause, since it is necessary that the Government be accorded certain rights with respect to further use of the facility by or on behalf of the Government upon termination of the contract, including the right to make, use, transfer, or otherwise dispose of all articles, materials, products, or processes embodying inventions or discoveries used or embodied in the facility, regardless of whether or not conceived or actually reduced to practice under or in the course of such contracts. Further, §9-9.107-4(h) entitled “Subcontracts" states that the withholding of payment provision of the prime contract will not normally be included in a subcontract except upon request of the Contracting Officer except for subcontracts awarded by contractors who operate Government-owned facilities and for other special contracting situations, in which cases the withholding of payment provision may be flowed down to the first-tier subcontractor only. (d) With respect to technical data and copyrights, §9-9.202-4 applies to contracts for the operation of Government-owned, contractor-operated research or production facilities. This section sets forth the Rights in Technical Data-Facility clause which shall normally be included in such contracts. 89-9.100 Scope of subpart. Subpart 9-9.1 Patents (a) This subpart sets forth policies, procedures, and contract clauses with respect to inventions made, conceived, or utilized in the course of or under any contracts, grants, agreements, understandings or other arrangements entered into with or for the benefit of the DOE. One of DOE's primary missions requires the use of its procurement process to insure the conduct of research, development, and demonstration leading to the ultimate commercial utilization of all efficient sources of energy. Accordingly, DOE's mission is not oriented toward procurement for Government use, except where procurements are involved with special classified programs or the construction or improvement of Government-owned facilities. To accomplish its mission, DOE must work in cooperation with industry in the development of new energy sources and in achieving the ultimate goal of widespread commercial use. To this end, Congress has provided DOE with an array of incentives to secure the adoption of the new technology developed for DOE. An important incentive in commercializing technology is that provided by the patent system. As set forth in these regulations, patent incentives, including DOE's authority to waive the Government's patent rights to the extent provided for by statute, will be utilized in appropriate situations at the time of contracting to encourage industrial participation, foster commercial utilization and competition, and make the benefits of DOE's activities widely available to the public. In addition to considering the waiver of patent rights at the time of contracting, DOE will also consider the incentive of a waiver of patent rights upon the reporting of an identified invention when requested by the contractor or the employee-inventor with the permission of the contractor. These requests can be made whether or not a waiver request was made at the time of contracting. Waivers for identified inventions will be provided where it is determined that the patent waiver will be a real incentive to achieving the development and ultimate commercial utilization of inventions. Where a waiver of the Government's patent rights is granted, either at the time of contracting or upon request or after an invention is made, certain safeguards will be required by DOE to protect the public interest. (b) Another major DOE mission is to manage the nation's uranium enrichment and other classified programs, where R&D procurements are directed toward processes and equipment not available to the public. To accomplish DOE's programs for bringing private industry into these and other special programs to the maximum extent permitted by national security and policy considerations, it is desirable that the technology developed in these programs be made available on a selected basis for use in the particular fields of interest and under controlled conditions by properly cleared industrial and scientific research institutions. To insure such availability and control, the grant of waivers in these programs may necessarily be more limited than in other DOE programs. §9-9.101 (Reserved). §9-9.102 Authorization and consent. (a) Under 28 USC 1498, any suit for unauthorized use of a United States patent based on the manufacture or use by or for the United States of an invention described in and covered by a patent of the United States by a contractor or by a subcontractor (at any tier) can be maintained only against the Government in the Court of Claims, and not against the contractor or subcontractor, in those cases where the Government has authorized or consented to the manufacture or use of the patented invention. Accordingly, to insure that work by a contractor or subcontractor under a Government contract may not be enjoined by reason of patent infringement, authorization and consent shall be given in the prime contract and shall apply to all subcontracts thereunder as provided below. The liability of the Government for damages in such suit against it may, however, ultimately be borne by a contractor or subcontractor in accordance with the terms of any Patent Indemnity clause also included in the contract or subcontract, and an Authorization and Consent clause may be included in the same contract or subcontract. (b) In certain contracting situations, such as those involving demonstration projects, consideration should be given to the impact of third party-owned patents covering technology that may be incorporated in the project which may ultimately affect widespread commercial use of the project results. In such situations, Patent Counsel should be consulted to determine what modifications, if any, should be made to the utilization of the Authorization and Consent and Patent Indemnity provisions or what other action might be deemed appropriate. (c) An Authorization and Consent clause shall not be used in contracts where both complete performance and delivery are to be outside the United States, its possessions or Puerto Rico. §9-9.102-1 Authorization and consent in contracts for supplies or services. The following contract clause shall be included in all contracts for supplies or services except when prohibited by §9-9.102(c) or in contracts for research, development, or demonstration work and in subcontracts thereunder in which the clause in §9-9.102-2 is required. AUTHORIZATION AND CONSENT The Government hereby gives its authorization and consent (without prejudice to §9-9.102-2 Authorization and consent in contracts for research, development, or demonstration. Greater latitude in the use of patented inventions may be necessary in a contract for research, development, or demonstration work than in a contract for supplies. Unless prohibited by §9– 9.102(c), the following clause shall be included in all contracts calling for research, development, or demonstration work and shall be included in contracts calling for both supplies and research, development, or demonstration work where the latter work is a primary purpose of the contract. In all other contracts for both supplies and research, development, or demonstration work, the Authorization and Consent clause in §9-9.102-1 shall be used. If the following clause is included in a contract, the clause in §9-9.102-1 shall not be included. AUTHORIZATION AND CONSENT The Government hereby gives its authorization and consent for all use and manufac- §9-9.103 Patent indemnification of Government by contractors. In order that the Government may be reimbursed for liability for patent infringement arising out of or resulting from the performance of construction contracts or contracts for supplies, including standard parts and components which normally are or have been sold or offered for sale to the public in the commercial open market, or which are the same as such supplies with a relatively minor modification thereof, a clause providing for indemnification of the Government shall be included in such contracts as well as in subcontracts, as appropriate, in accordance with the instructions set forth below. However, a Patent Indemnity clause normally shall not be used in contracts or subcontracts: (a) When the Authorization and Consent clause in §9-9.102–2 applicable to research, development, or demonstration contracts is authorized, except that in contracts calling also for supplies of the kind described above, or for supplying standard parts or components, the Patent Indemnity clause in §9–9.103-3(b) may be used with respect to such supplies; in subcontracts |