Buy patents, copyrights, software, technical data and infringement releases
- Objective
- Develop a technology; Bring a prototype into use
- Family / instrument
- Intellectual property and technology transfer · Intellectual property & technology transfer
- Statute
- Authority holder
- Military-department authorities spending eligible supply-procurement funds
- Executor · routing lead
- Warranted contracting officer and program manager
Recorded eligibility gates (excerpt)
Acquisition relates to supplies/processes produced, used or useful to the military department.
Negotiate precise data, patent, copyright and software rights needed.All requirements & limits
Recorded funding condition (excerpt)
Appropriations available for making or procuring supplies may be used.All funding conditions
What this does not authorize / limits
Buying an item does not automatically buy its IP, source code or manufacturing data.
- Release of past claims is distinct from unrestricted future commercial exploitation.
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
- P.L. 119-60 §1802 / 10 U.S.C. 1732 — portfolio plans, budgets, execution and reporting chain
- Army Technology Transfer Program — agreement tools and laboratory roles
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.