scope:

APPLICABILITY

 a. This Directive is applicable to NASA Headquarters and NASA Centers, including Component Facilities and Technical and Service Support Centers.

b. This Directive applies to royalties or other payments received by NASA from the licensing or assignment of an invention owned in whole or in part by NASA. Such invention may be made in whole or in part by:

(1) a NASA employee,

(2) an employee of another Government agency where such invention is assigned to NASA,

(3) an individual directly assigning his or her interest in an invention to the Government, and

(4) an employee of a NASA contractor or grantee where the title to such inventions has been assigned to NASA by the contractor or grantee or has otherwise vested in NASA.

c. This Directive also applies to royalties or other payments received by NASA from the licensing or assignment of an invention made by an employee, contractor, or grantee of another Government agency from which custody and administration of the invention has been transferred to NASA, pursuant to Patent Rights in Inventions Made with Federal Assistance, 35 U.S.C. 207, unless otherwise agreed between NASA and the transferring agency.

d. The term "royalties or other payments," means any money, including running royalties, alternate or periodic minimum royalties, and licensing or assignment fees, other than payments of patent costs and costs for maintaining a patent, received by NASA for granting a license or assignment in an invention.

e. In this directive, all mandatory actions (i.e., requirements) are denoted by statements containing the term "shall." The terms "may" or "can" denote discretionary privilege or permission, "should" denotes a good practice and is recommended but not required, "will" denotes expected outcome, and "are/is" denotes description material.

f. In this directive all document citations are assumed to be the latest version unless otherwise noted.