Federal agency reporting requirements.
37 C.F.R. § 401.16
in effectEffective: 2024-07-01Federal agencies will report annually to the Secretary on data pertaining to reported subject inventions under a funding agreement, including—
(a) Number of subject inventions reported to the Federal agency;
(b) Patent applications filed on subject inventions;
(c) Issued patents on subject inventions;
(d) Number of requests and number of requests granted for extension of the time for disclosures, election, and filing per 37 CFR 401.14(c)(5);
(e) Number of subject inventions conveyed to the Government in accordance with 37 CFR 401.14(d);
(f) Number of waivers requested and waivers granted per 37 CFR 401.14(i);
(g) Number of requests for assignment of invention rights; and
(h) Summary of utilization information provided by contractors. Such information will be received by the Secretary no later than the last day of October of each year.
Source: eCFRURL: https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2024-07-01/title-37.xmlFetched: 7/26/2026
