Official text of 252.227-7004
As prescribed at 227.7009-3 (a), insert the following clause in patent releases, license agreements, and assignments:
LICENSE GRANT (AUG 1984)
(a) The Contractor hereby grants to the Government an irrevocable, nonexclusive, nontransferable, and paid up license under the following patents, applications for patent, and any patents granted on such applications, and under any patents which may issue as the result of any reissue, division or continuation thereof, to practice by or cause to be practiced for the Government throughout the world, any and all of the inventions thereunder, in the manufacture and use of any article or material, in the use of any method or process, and in the disposition of any article or material in accordance with law:
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U.S. Patent No. ___________________ |
Date _____________________ |
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Application Serial No. _____________ |
Filing Date _______________ |
Together with corresponding foreign patents and foreign applications for patents, insofar as the Contractor has the right to grant licenses thereunder without incurring an obligation to pay royalties or other compensation to others solely on account of such grant.
(b) No rights are granted or implied by the agreement under any other patents other than as provided above or by operation of law.
(c) Nothing contained herein shall limit any rights which the Government may have obtained by virtue of prior contracts or by operation of law or otherwise.
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Verifying this text
The text above is reproduced verbatim from GSA's published source files for the Defense (DoD) supplement. The controlling version is the one in the Code of Federal Regulations: 252.227-7004 on eCFR.