35 U.S.C. § 208
Section 208 · Regulations governing Federal licensing
This is § 6 of the Bayh-Dole Act of 1980
Amended 2 times on record
Applied in 1 court decisions — leading case Nutrition v. United States (1991)
Most recently applied in Nutrition v. United States (March 1991)
The Secretary of Commerce is authorized to promulgate regulations specifying the terms and conditions upon which any federally owned invention, other than inventions owned by the Tennessee Valley Authority, may be licensed on a nonexclusive, partially exclusive, or exclusive basis.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
Amendments
1984—Pub. L. 98–620 substituted “Secretary of Commerce” for “Administrator of General Services”.