Section 970.3102-05-30-70 - Patent costs and technology transfer costs(a) For management and operating contracts that do not include the clause at 970.5227-3, Technology Transfer Mission, the cost principle at 48 CFR 31.205-30 applies.(b) For management and operating contracts that do include the clause at 970.5227-3, Technology Transfer Mission, the following patent and technology transfer costs are allowable- (1) Costs of preparing invention disclosures, reports, and other patent related documents required by the contract;(2) Costs of searching the art relating to invention disclosures;(3) Costs incurred in connection with the filing and prosecution of patent applications for subject inventions, except where those costs are incurred as part of a privately funded technology transfer program recognized under the contract; and(4) Other costs incurred in accordance with the patent rights clause and the Technology Transfer Mission clause included in the contract. 48 C.F.R. §970.3102-05-30-70
65 FR 81009, Dec. 22, 2000. Redesignated and amended at 74 FR 36373, July 22, 2009