Clause

52.227-11_Alternate I Patent Rights-Ownership by the Contractor.

Invention means any invention or discovery that is or may be patentable or otherwise protectable under title 35 of the U.S. Code, or any variety of plant that is or may be protectable under the Plant Variety Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 2321, et seq.)

Type: Clause (C)
Prescribed in: 27.303(b)(1)
Effective: Jun 1989
Primary source: eCFR 48 CFR 52.227-11 · acquisition.gov

Text excerpt from the eCFR API; read the full clause at the eCFR link above.

This is Alternate I of clause 52.227-11; the Alternate text sits inside the same eCFR section as the base clause.

Applicability in the matrix

Contract types for 52.227-11_Alternate I as published in the Smart Matrix
IBR	Yes Incorporated by reference
UCF	I
FP R&D	A As prescribed
CR R&D	A As prescribed
FP CON	A As prescribed
CR CON	A As prescribed
A&E	A As prescribed

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