{"data":{"id":"us/37-cfr-501.1","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"37 CFR 501.1","heading":"Purpose.","body":"The purpose of this part is to provide for the administration of a uniform patent policy for the Government with respect to the rights in inventions made by Government employees and to prescribe rules and regulations for implementing and effectuating such policy.","path":["Title 37—Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights","CHAPTER IV—NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE","PART 501—UNIFORM PATENT POLICY FOR RIGHTS IN INVENTIONS MADE BY GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES"],"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":"453be697847ba3e37dfc99c26a68089b58fb1dbe2f35ec724ac2f9e53b1cd724","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/37-cfr-404.15","next":"us/37-cfr-501.2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}