FAQs about Inventions & Patents
Question: How can the intellectual property interests of multiple collaborators be accommodated?
Answer - There are examples of successful multi-party collaborations that accommodated the interests of various organizations, including multiple DOE laboratories.
Question: What do the terms “patent pending” and “patent applied for” mean?
Answer - They are used by a manufacturer or seller of an article to inform the public that an application for patent on that article is on file in the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The law imposes a fine on those who use these terms falsely to deceive the public.
Question: What is there to prevent a company from licensing a NIST invention and then just sitting on it?
Answer - Potential licensees must submit a plan for actively developing and commercializing the technology. NIST uses it to establish certain technical and commercial milestones in the license agreement which the licensee must meet in order to retain the license.
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