35 U.S.C. § 212

Current through P.L. 118-107 (published on www.congress.gov on 11/21/2024)
Section 212 - Disposition of rights in educational awards

No scholarship, fellowship, training grant, or other funding agreement made by a Federal agency primarily to an awardee for educational purposes will contain any provision giving the Federal agency any rights to inventions made by the awardee.

35 U.S.C. § 212

Added Pub. L. 98-620, title V, §501(14), Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3368.
Federal agency
The term "Federal agency" means any executive agency as defined in section 105 of title 5, and the military departments as defined by section 102 of title 5.
funding agreement
The term "funding agreement" means any contract, grant, or cooperative agreement entered into between any Federal agency, other than the Tennessee Valley Authority, and any contractor for the performance of experimental, developmental, or research work funded in whole or in part by the Federal Government. Such term includes any assignment, substitution of parties, or subcontract of any type entered into for the performance of experimental, developmental, or research work under a funding agreement as herein defined.