{"data":{"id":"us/35-u.s.c.-200","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"35 U.S.C. § 200","heading":"Policy and objective","body":"It is the policy and objective of the Congress to use the patent system to promote the utilization of inventions arising from federally supported research or development; to encourage maximum participation of small business firms in federally supported research and development efforts; to promote collaboration between commercial concerns and nonprofit organizations, including universities; to ensure that inventions made by nonprofit organizations and small business firms are used in a manner to promote free competition and enterprise without unduly encumbering future research and discovery; to promote the commercialization and public availability of inventions made in the United States by United States industry and labor; to ensure that the Government obtains sufficient rights in federally supported inventions to meet the needs of the Government and protect the public against nonuse or unreasonable use of inventions; and to minimize the costs of administering policies in this area.","path":["Title 35—PATENTS","CHAPTER 18—PATENT RIGHTS IN INVENTIONS MADE WITH FEDERAL ASSISTANCE"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc35@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:59:18Z","sha256":"36d8f8afad104da24edf5a9720977331243c2d75bfae1735c8dcd8b7e4d2094b","source_id":"us","stale":false,"prev":"us/35-u.s.c.-188","next":"us/35-u.s.c.-201"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}