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7. Specified standards for control of intangible property are provided as follows: a. If any program produces patentable items, patent rights, processes, or inventions, in the course of work aided by a Federal grant, such fact shall be promptly and fully reported to the grantor agency. Unless there is prior agreement between the grantee and grantor on disposition of such items, the grantor agency shall determine whether protection on such invention or discovery shall be sought and how the rights in the invention or discovery -- including rights under any patent issued thereon -- shall be allocated and administered in order to protect the public interest consistent with "Government Patent Policy" (President's Memorandum for Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies, August 23, 1971, and Statement of Government Patent Policy as printed in 36 F.R. 16889). b. Where the grant results in a book or copyrightable material, the author or grantee is free to copyright the work, but the Federal grantor agency reserves a royalty -free, nonexclusive and irrevocable license to reproduce, publish, or otherwise use, and to authorize others to use the work for Government purposes.