It is the policy and objective of the Congress to use the patent system to promote the utilization of inventions arising from federally supported research or development; to encourage maximum participation of small business firms in federally supported research and development efforts; to promote collaboration between commercial concerns and nonprofit organizations, including universities; to ensure that inventions made by nonprofit organizations and small business firms are used in a manner to promote free competition and enterprise without unduly encumbering future research and discovery; to promote the commercialization and public availability of inventions made in the United States by United States industry and labor; to ensure that the Government obtains sufficient rights in federally supported inventions to meet the needs of the Government and protect the public against nonuse or unreasonable use of inventions; and to minimize the costs of administering policies in this area.
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It is the policy and objective of the Congress to use the patent system to promote the utilization of inventions arising from federally supported research or development; to encourage maximum participation of small business firms in federally supported research and development efforts; to promote collaboration between commercial concerns and nonprofit organizations, including universities; to ensure that inventions made by nonprofit organizations and small business firms are used in a manner to promote free competition and enterprise without unduly encumbering future research and discovery; to promote the commercialization and public availability of inventions made in the United States by United States industry and labor; to ensure that the Government obtains sufficient rights in federally supported inventions to meet the needs of the Government and protect the public against nonuse or unreasonable use of inventions; and to minimize the costs of administering policies in this area.
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§ 200. Policy and objective
It is the policy and objective of the Congress
to use the patent system to promote the utiliza-
tion of inventions arising from federally sup-
ported research or development; to encourage
maximum participation of small business firms
in federally supported research and development
efforts; to promote collaboration between com-
mercial concerns and nonprofit organizations,
including universities; to ensure that inventions
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§ 201
1 See References in Text note below.
made by nonprofit organizations and small busi-
ness firms are used in a manner to promote free
competition and enterprise without unduly en-
cumbering future research and discovery; to pro-
mote the commercialization and public avail-
ability of inventions made in the United States
by United States industry and labor; to ensure
that the Government obtains sufficient rights in
federally supported inventions to meet the needs
of the Government and protect the public
against nonuse or unreasonable use of inven-
tions; and to minimize the costs of admin-
istering policies in this area.
(Added Pub. L. 96–517, § 6(a), Dec. 12, 1980, 94
Stat. 3018; amended Pub. L. 106–404, § 5, Nov. 1,
2000, 114 Stat. 1745.)
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
2000—Pub. L. 106–404 substituted ‘‘enterprise without
unduly encumbering future research and discovery;’’
for ‘‘enterprise;’’.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE
Section effective July 1, 1981, but implementing regu-
lations authorized to be issued earlier, see section 8(f)
of Pub. L. 96–517, set out as an Effective Date of 1980
Amendment note under section 41 of this title.
SHORT TITLE
This chapter is popularly known as the Bayh-Dole
Act. Section 6(a) of Pub. L. 96–517, Dec. 12, 1980