{"data":{"id":"us/45-cfr-appendix-a-to-part-650","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"45 CFR Appendix A to Part 650","heading":"Appendix A to Part 650—Optional Format for Confirmatory License","body":"The following format may be used for the confirmatory license to the Government required by subparagraph (f)(5) of the Patent Rights clause in § 650.4(a). Any equivalent instrument may also be used.\nLicense to the United States Government\nThis instrument confirms to the United States Government, as represented by the National Science Foundation, an irrevocable, nonexclusive, nontransferable, royalty-free license to practice or have practiced on its behalf throughout the world the following subject invention:\n(invention title)\n(inventor[s] name[s])\n(patent application number and filing date)\n(country, if other than United States)\n(NSF Disclosure No.).\nThis subject invention was made with NSF support through:\n(grant or contract number)\n(grantee or contractor).\nPrincipal rights to this subject invention have been left with the licensor.\nSigned:\nName:\nTitle:\nDate:\nAccepted on behalf of the Government:\nNSF Patent Assistant\nDate:","path":["Title 45—Public Welfare","Subtitle B—Regulations Relating to Public Welfare","CHAPTER VI—NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION","PART 650—PATENTS"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-45.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:21Z","sha256":"83b69a71d74daac055a1cc1f70623aa624b7f55ab5aaebca95b09045bf9379fe","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/45-cfr-650.19","next":"us/45-cfr-660.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}