WMOD00269 ‎(2)‎

• Contract/Permit #: 02FC810810
• Title: Weather Damage Modification Program for Cooperative Weather Research between States and the US Department of Interior, Bureau of Reclaimation
• Date: 11/19/2002
• Weather Modification - Doc Type: Report

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(c) Invention Disclosure, Election of Title and Filing of Patent Application by
Recipient

(1) The Recipient will disclose each subject invention to the Bureau of
Reclamation within two months after the inventor discloses it in writing to
Recipient personnel responsible for patent matters. The disclosure to the Bureau
of Reclamation shall be in the form of a written report and shall identify the
agreement under which the invention was made and the inventor(s). It shall be
sufficiently complete in technical detail to convey a clear understanding to the
extent known at the time of the disclosure, of the nature, purpose, operation, and
the physical, chemical, biological or electrical characteristics of the invention. The
disclosure shall also identify any publication, on sale or public use of the invention
and whether a manuscript describing the invention has been submitted for
publication and, if so, whether it has been accepted for publication at the time of
disclosure. In addition, after disclosure to the Bureau of Reclamation, the
Recipient will promptly notify the Bureau of Reclamation of the acceptance of any
manuscript describing the invention for publication or of any on sale or public use
planned by the Recipient.

(2) The Recipient will elect in writing whether or not to retain title to any such
invention by notifying the Bureau of Reclamation within two years of disclosure to
the Bureau of Reclamation. However, in any case where publication, on sale or
public use has initiated the one year statutory period wherein valid patent
protection can still be obtained in the United States, the period for election of title
may be shortened by the Bureau of Reclamation to a date that is no more than 60
days prior to the end of the statutory period.

(3) The Recipient will file its initial patent application on a subject invention to
which it elects to retain title within one year after election of title or, if earlier, prior
to the end of any statutory period wherein valid patent protection can be obtained
in the United States after a publication, on sale, or public use. The Recipient will
file patent applications in additional countries or international patent offices within
either ten months of the corresponding initial patent application or six months from
the date permission is granted by the Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks
to file foreign patent applications where such filing has been prohibited by a
Secrecy Order.
(4) Requests for extension of the time for disclosure, election, and filing under
subparagraphs (1), (2), and (3) may, at the discretion of the Bureau of
Reclamation, be granted.

(d) Conditions When the Government May Obtain Title

The Recipient will convey to the Bureau of Reclamation, upon written request,
title to any subject invention-

(1) If the Recipient fails to disclose or elect title to the subject invention within
the times specified in (c), above, or elects not to retain title; provided that the
Bureau of Reclamation may only request title within 60 days after learning of the

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