(a) Grantees must use the iEdison Invention Information Management System maintained by the National Institutes of Health to disclose NSF subject inventions. Detailed instructions for use of that system are provided at http://s-edison.info.nih.gov/iEdison/ and should be followed for NSF subject inventions except that:
(1) All communications required must be provided electronically as a PDF or TIFF file through iEdison unless prior permission for another form of submission is obtained from the Patent Assistant.
(2) NSF does not require either an Annual Utilization Report or a Final Invention Statement and Certification.
(b) Questions on use of iEdison and requests for permission to submit material in other forms may be sent to the NSF Patent Assistant at patents@nsf.gov or at Office of the General Counsel, National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22230. [70 FR 43071, July 26, 2005]
Sec. Appendix A to Part 650--Optional Format for Confirmatory License
The following format may be used for the confirmatory license to the Government required by subparagraph (f)(5) of the Patent Rights clause in Sec. 650.4(a). Any equivalent instrument may also be used.
License to the United States Government
This instrument confirms to the United States Government, as represented by the National Science Foundation, an irrevocable, nonexclusive, nontransferable, royalty-free license to practice or have practiced on its behalf throughout the world the following subject invention: (invention title) (inventor[s] name[s]) (patent application number and filing date) (country, if other than United States) (NSF Disclosure No.).
This subject invention was made with NSF support through: (grant or contract number) (grantee or contractor).
Principal rights to this subject invention have been left with the licensor.
Signed:________________________________________________________________
Name:__________________________________________________________________
Title:_________________________________________________________________
Date:__________________________________________________________________
Accepted on behalf of the Government:
NSF Patent Assistant
Date:__________________________________________________________________