{"data":{"id":"us/48-cfr-27.202-2","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"48 CFR 27.202-2","heading":"27.202-2 Notice of Government as a licensee.","body":"(a) When the Government is obligated to pay a royalty on a patent because of an existing license agreement and the contracting officer believes that the licensed patent will be applicable to a prospective contract, the Government should furnish the prospective offerors with—\n(1) Notice of the license;\n(2) The number of the patent; and\n(3) The royalty rate cited in the license.\n(b) When the Government is obligated to pay such a royalty, the solicitation should also require offerors to furnish information indicating whether or not each offeror is the patent owner or a licensee under the patent. This information is necessary so that the Government may either—\n(1) Evaluate an offeror's price by adding an amount equal to the royalty; or\n(2) Negotiate a price reduction with an offeror when the offeror is licensed under the same patent at a lower royalty rate.","path":["Title 48—Federal Acquisition Regulations System","CHAPTER 1—FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION","SUBCHAPTER E—GENERAL CONTRACTING REQUIREMENTS","PART 27—PATENTS, DATA, AND COPYRIGHTS","Subpart 27.2—Patents and Copyrights"],"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":"630b18277306c7b9e22fc2846c02bcdfd1997b7bfdbfa24e7cbc589102dc3478","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/48-cfr-27.202-1","next":"us/48-cfr-27.202-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}