{"data":{"id":"us/37-cfr-401.16","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"37 CFR 401.16","heading":"Federal agency reporting requirements.","body":"Federal agencies will report annually to the Secretary on data pertaining to reported subject inventions under a funding agreement, including—\n(a) Number of subject inventions reported to the Federal agency;\n(b) Patent applications filed on subject inventions;\n(c) Issued patents on subject inventions;\n(d) Number of requests and number of requests granted for extension of the time for disclosures, election, and filing per 37 CFR 401.14(c)(5);\n(e) Number of subject inventions conveyed to the Government in accordance with 37 CFR 401.14(d);\n(f) Number of waivers requested and waivers granted per 37 CFR 401.14(i);\n(g) Number of requests for assignment of invention rights; and\n(h) Summary of utilization information provided by contractors. Such information will be received by the Secretary no later than the last day of October of each year.","path":["Title 37—Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights","CHAPTER IV—NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE","PART 401—RIGHTS TO INVENTIONS MADE BY NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND SMALL BUSINESS FIRMS UNDER GOVERNMENT GRANTS, CONTRACTS, AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-37.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:45Z","sha256":"1ff6893be0681266a16a6105bff92cfe5d4bc726bdb98db61608596e6f0bdb82","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/37-cfr-401.15","next":"us/37-cfr-401.17"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}