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<br />It shell be sufficiently complete in technical detail to convey a clear understanding, ~o The <br />exTen~ known at the time of the disclosure, of the nsture, purpose, operation, and physlcaf, <br />chemJcal, biologIcal, or electrical characteristics of the invention. The disclosure shall <br />also Identify any pUblication, on sale, or public use of the Invention and whether a manuscript <br />describing the Invention has been submitTed for publicatIon and, If so, whether it has been <br />accepted for publication at the time of disclosure. In addition, after dlsclosur~ to the <br />Contracting Officer, the Contractor shall promp~ly notify the Contracting OffIcer of ~he accep- <br />tance of any manuscript describing the Invention for publication or of any on sale or pUblic <br />use planned by the Contractor. <br /> <br />(2) The Contractor shall elect in writing whether or not to retain title to any such invention <br />by no~lfylng the Federal agency within 12 months of dIsclosure; provided, that In any case <br />where publicatIon, on sale, or public use hes Initiated the l-year statutory period wherein <br />valid patent protection can still be obtained in the United States, the periOd of elec~lon of <br />title mey be shortened by the agency to a date that Is no more than 60 days prior to the end of <br />the statutory period. <br /> <br />(3) The Contractor shall file its Initial patent applicatIon on an elected invention within <br />2 years after election or, if earlier, prior to The end of any statutory period wherein val id <br />patent protection cen be obtained In the United States after a publication, on sale, or public <br />use. The Contractor wilt file patent applications In additional countries within either <br />10 months of the corresponding inItial patent application or 6 mon~hs from the date permission <br />is gran~ed by the Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks to file foreign patent applications <br />where such filing has been prohibited by a Secrecy Order. <br /> <br />(4) Requests for extension of the time for disclosure to the Contracting Officer, election, <br />and filing may, at the discretion of the funding Federal agency, be granted. <br /> <br />(d) Conditions when the Government me obtain title. The Contractor shal I convey to the Federal <br />agency. upon written request, title to any subject nvention-- <br /> <br />(1) If the Contrac~or fails to disclose or elect the subject 'invention within the times <br />specified In paragraph (c) above, or elects not to retain title (the agency may only request <br />title within 60 days after learning of The Contractor's fal lure to report or eleCT wIthin the <br />specified tImes); <br /> <br />(2) In Those countries In which the Contractor falls to file patent applIcations withIn the <br />times specified In paragraph ec) above; provided, however, that If the Contractor has filed a <br />patent application In a country after the times specified In paragraph (c) above, but prior to <br />Its receIpt of the writTen request of the Federal agency, the Contractor shall continue to <br />retain title in that country; or <br /> <br />(3) In any country in whleh the Contractor decides not to continue the prosecution of any <br />application tor, to pay the maintenance fees on, or defend reexamination or opposition pro- <br />ceeding on, a peltent on ell subjeCT invention. <br /> <br />(e) Minimum riQhts to contractor. <br /> <br />(1) The Contractor shall retain a nonexclusive, royalty-free license throughout the world In <br />each subject invention to which !he Government obtains title except If the Contractor falls to <br />'disclose the subject Invention within the times specified in paragraph ec) above. The <br />Contractor's license extends to Its domestic subsidiaries and affiliates, if any, within the <br />corporate structure of which the Contractor Is a pert and Includes the right to grant sub- <br />licenses of the same scope to the extent the Contractor was legally obligated to do so at the <br />time the contract was awarded. The license is transferable only with the approval of the <br />funding Federal agency e~cepT when transferred to the successor of that part of the <br />Contiactor's business to which the invention pertains. <br /> <br />(2) The Contractor's domestic lIcense may be revoked or modified by the funding Federal agency <br />to the extent necessary to achieve expeditious practical application of the subject invention <br />pursuant to an applicatIon for an exclusive '.cense submitted in accordance with applicable <br />proviSions In The Federal Property Management RegulaTions and agency licensing regulations (if <br />any). This license shall not be revoked in that field of use or the geographrcal areas in <br />which the Contractor has achieved practical application and continues to make the benefits of <br />the invention reasonably accessible to the publ Ie. The license tn any foreign country may be <br />revok&d or modified at the discretion of the funding Federal agency to the extent the <br />ContraCTor, its licensees. or its domestic subsidiaries or affil IIates have failed to achieve <br />practical application .n that forefgn country. <br /> <br />(3) cetore revocation or modification of the license, the funding Federal agency shall furnish <br />the Contractor a written notice of its intention to revoke or modify the license, and the <br />ContraCTor shal I be al lowed 30 days (or such other time as may be authorized by the funding <br /> <br />1-16 <br />