2021 US Code
Title 35 - Patents
Part II - Patentability of Inventions and Grant of Patents
Chapter 18 - Patent Rights in Inventions Made With Federal Assistance
Sec. 200 - Policy and objective

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Citation 35 U.S.C. § 200 (2021)
Section Name §200. Policy and objective
Section Text

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.

Source Credit

(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 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 regulations 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, 94 Stat. 3018, which enacted this chapter, is also popularly known as the Bayh-Dole Act and also as the University and Small Business Patent Procedures Act of 1980. For complete classification of section 6(a) of Pub. L. 96–517 to the Code, see Tables.

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 35 - PATENTS
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 35 - PATENTS
PART II - PATENTABILITY OF INVENTIONS AND GRANT OF PATENTS
CHAPTER 18 - PATENT RIGHTS IN INVENTIONS MADE WITH FEDERAL ASSISTANCE
Sec. 200 - Policy and objective
Contains section 200
Date 2021
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 3, 2022
Positive Law Yes
Disposition standard
Short Titles Bayh-Dole Act. Section 6(a) of Pub. L. 96-517, Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 3018, which enacted this chapter, is also popularly known as the Bayh-Dole Act and also as the University and Small Business Patent Procedures Act of 1980. For complete classification of section 6(a) of Pub. L. 96-517 to the Code, see Tables.
Statutes at Large References 94 Stat. 3018
114 Stat. 1745
Public Law References Public Law 96-517, Public Law 106-404
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