{"data":{"id":"us/37-cfr-404.12","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"37 CFR 404.12","heading":"Protection and administration of inventions.","body":"A Federal agency may take any suitable and necessary steps to protect and administer rights to Government owned inventions, either directly or through contract.","path":["Title 37—Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights","CHAPTER IV—NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE","PART 404—LICENSING OF GOVERNMENT-OWNED INVENTIONS"],"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":"e04ea9c178bc525550a7886f6f28c5b8df83ee867feb74cf276889542828401d","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/37-cfr-404.11","next":"us/37-cfr-404.13"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}