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The licensing of government-owned software and patents is used frequently to promote the utilization and commercialization of inventions that are developed in federal labs through agency-supported R&D. The government may grant licenses to the private sector. Interested parties should search our IP database for opportunities.
Patent License Agreement (PLA) allows the patent owner to grant another person or company to make, use, or sell the patented invention in return for a valuable consideration
Software License Agreement (SLA) allows a lab to license government developed software in return for a valuable consideration
Grants intellectual property rights for their sole use in all fields of use or geographic area
Rights granted to either a pre-determined number of recipients or for a specific use or geographic area
Grants rights to an unlimited number of parties in any given field of use or geographic area
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