PUBLIC LAW 104-113—MAR. 7, 1996 110 STAT. 775 Public Law 104-113 104th Congress An Act To amend the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 with respect to inventions made under cooperative research and development agreements, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the "National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995". SEC. 2. FINDINGS. The Congress finds the following: (1) Bringing technology and industrial innovation to the marketplace is central to the economic, environmental, and social well-being of the people of the United States. (2) The Federal Government can help United States business to speed the development of new products and processes by entering into cooperative research and development agreements which make available the assistance of Federal laboratories to the private sector, but the commercialization of technology and industrial innovation in the United States depends upon actions by business. (3) The commercialization of technology and industrial innovation in the United States will be enhanced if companies, in return for reasonable compensation to the Federal Government, can more easily obtain exclusive licenses to inventions which develop as a result of cooperative research with scientists employed by Federal laboratories. SEC. 3. USE OF FEDERAL TECHNOLOGY. Subparagraph (B) of section 11(e)(7) of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3710(e)(7)(B)) is amended to read as follows: "(B) A transfer shall be made by any Federal agency under subparagraph (A), for any fiscal year, only if the amount so transferred by that agency (as determined under such subparagraph) would exceed $10,000.". SEC. 4. TITLE TO INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ARISING FROM COOPERA- TIVE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS. Subsection (b) of section 12 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3710a(b)) is amended to read as follows: "(b) ENUMERATED AUTHORITY.— (1) Under an agreement entered into pursuant to subsection (a)(1), the laboratory may grant, or Mar. 7, 1996 [H.R. 2196] National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995. 15 USC 3701 note. 15 USC 3701 note.
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