{"data":{"id":"us/34-cfr-6.0","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"34 CFR 6.0","heading":"General policy.","body":"Inventions developed through the resources and activities of the Department are a potential resource of great value to the public. It is the policy of the Department:\n(a) To safeguard the public interest in inventions developed by Department employees, contractors and grantees with the aid of public funds and facilities;\n(b) To encourage and recognize individual and cooperative achievement in research and investigations; and\n(c) To establish a procedure, consistent with pertinent statutes, Executive orders and general Government regulations, for the determination of rights and obligations relating to the patenting of inventions.","path":["Title 34—Education","Subtitle A—Office of the Secretary, Department of Education","PART 6—INVENTIONS AND PATENTS (GENERAL)"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-34.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:40Z","sha256":"8640f35048ce486122245d1693a9cb5ce2376fe527ee6e6e1bf0e1b65ae1145c","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/34-cfr-appendix-b-to-part-5b","next":"us/34-cfr-6.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}