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    <CFRTITLE>37</CFRTITLE>
    <CFRTITLETEXT>Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights</CFRTITLETEXT>
    <VOL>1</VOL>
    <DATE>2002-07-01</DATE>
    <ORIGINALDATE>2002-07-01</ORIGINALDATE>
    <COVERONLY>false</COVERONLY>
    <TITLE>Application for a license.</TITLE>
    <GRANULENUM>404.8</GRANULENUM>
    <HEADING>Section 404.8</HEADING>
    <ANCESTORS>
      <PARENT HEADING="Title 37" SEQ="2">Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights</PARENT>
      <PARENT HEADING="CHAPTER IV" SEQ="1">ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR TECHNOLOGY POLICY, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE</PARENT>
      <PARENT HEADING="PART 404" SEQ="0">LICENSING OF GOVERNMENT OWNED INVENTIONS</PARENT>
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    <SECTNO>§ 404.8</SECTNO>
    <SUBJECT>Application for a license.</SUBJECT>
    <P>An application for a license should be addressed to the Federal agency having custody of the invention and shall normally include:</P>
    <P>(a) Identification of the invention for which the license is desired including the patent application serial number or patent number, title, and date, if known;</P>
    <P>(b) Identification of the type of license for which the application is submitted;</P>
    <P>(c) Name and address of the person, company, or organization applying for the license and the citizenship or place of incorporation of the applicant;</P>
    <P>(d) Name, address, and telephone number of the representative of the applicant to whom correspondence should be sent;</P>
    <P>(e) Nature and type of applicant's business, identifying products or services which the applicant has successfully commercialized, and approximate number of applicant's employees;</P>
    <P>(f) Source of information concerning the availability of a license on the invention;</P>
    <P>(g) A statement indicating whether the applicant is a small business firm as defined in § 404.3(c)</P>
    <P>(h) A detailed description of applicant's plan for development or marketing of the invention, or both, which should include:</P>

    <P>(1) A statement of the time, nature and amount of anticipated investment of capital and other resources which applicant believes will be required to <PRTPAGE P="629"/>bring the invention to practical application;</P>
    <P>(2) A statement as to applicant's capability and intention to fulfill the plan, including information regarding manufacuturing, marketing, financial, and technical resources;</P>
    <P>(3) A statement of the fields of use for which applicant intends to practice the invention; and</P>
    <P>(4) A statement of the geographic areas in which applicant intends to manufacture any products embodying the invention and geographic areas where applicant intends to use or sell the invention, or both;</P>
    <P>(i) Identification of licenses previously granted to applicant under federally owned inventions;</P>
    <P>(j) A statement containing applicant's best knowledge of the extent to which the invention is being practiced by private industry or Government, or both, or is otherwise available commercially; and</P>
    <P>(k) Any other information which applicant believes will support a determination to grant the license to applicant.</P>
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