{"data":{"id":"us/14-cfr-1245.302","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"14 CFR 1245.302","heading":"Inventions by NASA employees.","body":"(a) The foreign rights of NASA and of the NASA employee making an invention are determinable in accordance with Executive Orders 9865 and 10096 and Government Patent Board Administrative Order No. 6 issued pursuant thereto.\n(b) Where NASA acquires an assignment of the domestic rights in an invention made by a NASA employee, NASA will also obtain an option to acquire the foreign rights, including the right to file foreign patent applications on the invention.\n(c) Where NASA is entitled to only a governmental license in the invention, the principal foreign rights in the invention are retained by the employee unless he agrees in writing to assign such rights to NASA.","path":["Title 14—Aeronautics and Space","CHAPTER V—NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION","PART 1245—PATENTS AND OTHER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS","Subpart 3—NASA Foreign Patent Program"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-14.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:20Z","sha256":"283cc3e1647c23f5edcc2fdfa1b6b8cc3e3ff2a1f7048c40f7d7f5241500a9a8","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/14-cfr-1245.301","next":"us/14-cfr-1245.303"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}