A bill to amend the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 to make it clear that any person who makes an invention in connection with the production or modification of materials, equipment, or facilities which (under contract with NASA) are to be transported into orbit or into space shall retain all patent rights to such invention if NASA's functions with respect to such materials, equipment, or facilities are limited (under the contract) to the furnishing of such transportation.

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Amends the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 to state that any person who makes an invention in connection with the production or modification of materials, equipment, or facilities which (under contract with NASA) are to be transported into orbit or into space shall retain all patent rights to such invention if NASA's functions with respect to such materials, equipment, or facilities are limited (under the contract) to the furnishing of such transportation. Directs the Administrator of NASA, upon request, to transfer such patent rights acquired by the United States before the enactment of this provision to the appropriate person.

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 14 November 1979

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