Clause

52.227-3_Alternate I Patent Indemnity.

(a) The Contractor shall indemnify the Government and its officers, agents, and employees against liability, including costs, for infringement of any United States patent (except a patent issued upon an application that is now or may hereafter be withheld from issue pursuant to a Secrecy Order under 35 U.S.C. 181) arising out of the manufacture or delivery of supplies, the performance of services, or the construction, alteration, modification, or repair of real property (hereinafter referred to as construction work) under this contract, or out of the use or disposal by or for the account of th

Type: Clause (C)
Prescribed in: 27.201-2(c)(1)
Effective: Apr 1984
Primary source: eCFR 48 CFR 52.227-3 · acquisition.gov

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This is Alternate I of clause 52.227-3; the Alternate text sits inside the same eCFR section as the base clause.

Applicability in the matrix

Contract types for 52.227-3_Alternate I as published in the Smart Matrix
IBR	Yes Incorporated by reference
UCF	I
FP SUP	A As prescribed
CR SUP	A As prescribed
FP SVC	A As prescribed
CR SVC	A As prescribed
IND DEL	A As prescribed

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