The Secretary of Commerce is authorized to promulgate regulations specifying the terms and conditions upon which any federally owned invention, other than inventions owned by the Tennessee Valley Authority, may be licensed on a nonexclusive, partially exclusive, or exclusive basis.
Pub. L. 96–517, § 6(a)94 Stat. 3024Pub. L. 98–620, title V, § 501(12)98 Stat. 3367(Added , , ; amended , , .)
Editorial Notes
Amendments
Pub. L. 98–6201984— substituted “Secretary of Commerce” for “Administrator of General Services”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
section 8(f) of Pub. L. 96–517section 41 of this titleSection effective , but implementing regulations authorized to be issued earlier, see , set out as an Effective Date of 1980 Amendment note under .