Department of Energy National Laboratory Cooperative Research Initiatives Act: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Energy Research and Development of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate, One Hundredth Congress, First Session on S. 1480 to Improve the Integration of Universities and Private Industry Into the National Laboratory System of the Department of Energy in Order to Speed the Development of Technology in Areas of Significant Economic Potential, Part 1

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Page 444 - practical application" means to manufacture in the case of a composition or product, to practice in the case of a process or method, or to operate in the case of a machine or system; and, in each case, under such conditions as to establish that the invention is being utilized and that its benefits are to the extent permitted by law or Government regulations available to the public on reasonable terms. (g) The term "made" when used in relation to any invention means the conception or first actual...
Page 421 - Administrator shall prescribe, he may waive all or any part of the rights of the United States under this section with respect to any invention or class of inventions made or which may be made by any person or class of persons in the performance of any work required by any contract of the Administration if the Administrator determines that the interests of the United States will be served thereby.
Page 251 - Congress shall have the power .... to promote the progress of science, and the useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors, the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries.
Page 454 - Contractor agrees that neither it nor any assignee will grant to any person the exclusive right to use or sell any subject invention in the United States unless such person agrees that any products embodying the subject invention will be manufactured substantially in the United States.
Page 444 - Small business firm" means a domestic small business concern as defined at section 2 of Pub. L. 85-536 (15 USC 632) and implementing regulations of the Administrator of the Small Business Administration. For the purpose of this clause, the size standard for small business concerns involved in Government procurement and subcontracting at 13 CFR 121.3-8 and 13 CFR 121.3-12, respectively, will be used. (6) "Nonprofit organization...
Page 453 - No amount shall be withheld under this paragraph while the amount specified by this paragraph is being withheld under other provisions of the contract. The withholding of any amount or subsequent payment thereof shall not be construed as a waiver of any rights accruing to the Government under this contract. (i) Subcontracts. (1) For the purpose of this paragraph the term "Contractor...
Page 444 - Subject invention, as used in this clause, means any invention of the Contractor conceived or first actually reduced to practice in the performance of work under this contract; provided, that in the case of a variety of plant, the date of determination (as defined in section 41(d) of the Plant Variety Protection Act, 7 USC 2401(d)) must also occur during the period of contract performance.
Page 425 - The full names of all inventors; (ii) A statement of whether a patent application has been filed on the invention, together with a copy of such application if filed, or, if not filed, a complete description of the invention...
Page 178 - The more global federal role in applied research was recently examined at a workshop sponsored by the National Academy of Sciences' Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy (COSEPUP). The...
Page 185 - Report of the White House Science Council Panel on the Health of US Colleges and Universities to the Office of Science and Technology Policy; February, 1986.

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