{"data":{"id":"us/48-cfr-1827.301","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"48 CFR 1827.301","heading":"1827.301 Definitions.","body":"As used in this subpart—\nAdministrator means the Administrator of NASA or a duly authorized representative.\nReportable item means any invention, discovery, improvement, or innovation of the contractor, whether or not patentable or otherwise protectable under Title 35 of the United States Code, made in the performance of any work under any NASA contract or in the performance of any work that is reimbursable under any clause in any NASA contract providing for reimbursement of costs incurred before the effective date of the contract. Reportable items include, but are not limited to, new processes, machines, manufactures, and compositions of matter, and improvements to, or new applications of, existing processes, machines, manufactures, and compositions of matter. Reportable items also include new computer programs, and improvements to, or new applications of, existing computer programs, whether or not copyrightable or otherwise protectable under Title 17 of the United States Code.\nSubject invention, in lieu of the definition in FAR 27.301, means any reportable item that is or may be patentable or otherwise protectable under Title 35 of the United States Code, or any novel variety of plant that is or may be protectable under the Plant Variety Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 2321, et seq.).","path":["Title 48—Federal Acquisition Regulations System","CHAPTER 18—NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION","SUBCHAPTER E—GENERAL CONTRACTING REQUIREMENTS","PART 1827—PATENTS, DATA, AND COPYRIGHTS","Subpart 1827.3—Patent Rights Under Government Contracts"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-48.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:29Z","sha256":"d84d461006bb9f96ff810e5e5514b99222be8bd139996846e29d3c6dd6310936","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/48-cfr-1827.000","next":"us/48-cfr-1827.302"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}