License federally owned inventions to commercialize technology
- Objective
- Develop a technology
- Family / instrument
- Intellectual property and technology transfer · Intellectual property & technology transfer
- Statute
- Authority holder
- Federal agency holding invention rights; authorized agency/laboratory licensing officials
- Executor · routing lead
- Laboratory ORTA, counsel and authorized agreement official
Recorded eligibility gates (excerpt)
Exclusive scope must be reasonably necessary for commercialization, support public interest and avoid anticompetitive effects.
Development/marketing plan; ordinarily substantial U.S. manufacturing; small-business preference if equally capable.All requirements & limits
Recorded funding condition (excerpt)
License royalties/consideration per agreement; retention/distribution requires separate applicable authority such as 15 U.S.C. §3710c.All funding conditions
What this does not authorize / limits
Government retains paid-up license and termination protections.
- Exclusive/partially exclusive license ordinarily requires 15-day public notice; CRADA invention exception applies.
Legal basisSources linked
RequirementsGates recorded
Public fundingRules recorded
Assigned rolesRoles recorded
EngagementRole recorded
Public evidence describes the institution and instrument; it is not approval of an individual transaction. Express statutory pathway; award-specific appropriations, available balances, delegations, implementation and approvals not independently verified.
Actor sources
- Army Technology Transfer Program — agreement tools and laboratory roles
- Air Force Offices of Research and Technology Applications — coordination role
Independent public-source guide; not an official U.S. government website. Original research target October 2, 2026; published October 3, 2026. Read the full record for currentness, coordination and all source notes.