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Action brief · ACQ-55

Retain licensing royalties and reinvest in inventors and laboratory missions

Objective
Develop a technology
Family / instrument
Intellectual property and technology transfer · Technology transfer
Statute
Authority holder
Agency or laboratory head and designated distribution officials
Executor · routing lead
Laboratory ORTA, counsel and authorized agreement official

Recorded eligibility gates (excerpt)

Receipts must arise from covered invention licensing/assignment; required inventor distribution and permitted-use rules.
All requirements & limits

Recorded funding condition (excerpt)

Balance generally available in receipt year and two succeeding fiscal years; statutory inventor share and distribution rules precede reinvestment.
All funding conditions

What this does not authorize / limits

Not unrestricted profit retention: residual amounts, excess-receipt shares and expired balances go to Treasury.

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

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.