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Record-specific actor routing

Follow through on ACQ-28

Laboratory ORTA, counsel and authorized agreement official

This preserves the record’s role labels; it is not an additional verified institutional directory node.

Authority holder · recorded legal basis

Federal agency holding invention rights; authorized agency/laboratory licensing officials

Executing office · routing lead

Laboratory ORTA, counsel and authorized agreement official

Recorded executing role; this record-specific route is not an additional institutional office.

Intake

Use the responsible program or contracting office for this instrument.

The recorded role is not itself a general application endpoint.

What this role does not control

A routing lead does not establish funds, an individual delegation or approval of the proposed action.

Legal basisSources linkedLegal sources and instrument limits are recorded.
RequirementsGates recordedRead the requirements for this instrument; applicability depends on the proposed action.
Public fundingRules recordedThe record states funding rules and conditions; no program amount is attributed to this action.
Assigned rolesRoles recordedPublic sources describe institutional authority. The instrument identifies approval and execution roles; a specific signature remains transaction-dependent.
EngagementRole recordedRecorded executing role: Laboratory ORTA, counsel and authorized agreement official. Use the responsible program’s process.

Selected instrument

ACQ-28 · Intellectual property & technology transfer

License federally owned inventions to commercialize technology

Obtain/protect federal patents and grant nonexclusive, exclusive or partially exclusive licenses, royalty-free or for consideration, while retaining government-use rights.

What this is not / limit: Government retains paid-up license and termination protections.

Executing role: Laboratory ORTA, counsel and authorized agreement official

Authority holder

Federal agency holding invention rights; authorized agency/laboratory licensing officials

Eligibility gate

  • 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.

Funding condition

  • License royalties/consideration per agreement; retention/distribution requires separate applicable authority such as 15 U.S.C. §3710c.

All recorded limits

  • Government retains paid-up license and termination protections.
  • Exclusive/partially exclusive license ordinarily requires 15-day public notice; CRADA invention exception applies.
Licensing & IP
Legal basisSources linked
RequirementsGates recorded
Public fundingRules recorded
Assigned rolesRoles recorded
EngagementRole recorded
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Actor sources & routing basis

Recorded executing role; this record-specific route is not an additional institutional office.