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