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            <PUBLICATION_TITLE>The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions</PUBLICATION_TITLE>
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            <NAME>National Institute of Standards and Technology</NAME>
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            <NAME>Department of Commerce</NAME>
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        <RULE_TITLE>Rights to Federally-Funded Inventions and Licensing of Government-Owned Inventions</RULE_TITLE>
        <ABSTRACT><![CDATA[NIST proposes to amend the regulations implementing the Bayh-Dole Act, 35 U.S.C. 200 et seq., which concerns intellectual property arising from federally-funded research.  Specifically, NIST is proposing to amend 37 CFR sections 401 and 404, and is seeking public comments on this effort. This action may be of interest to you if you are an educational institution, nonprofit organization or company, especially a small business that collaborates or would like to collaborate with federal government employees on technology research and development projects.]]></ABSTRACT>
        <PRIORITY_CATEGORY>Other Significant</PRIORITY_CATEGORY>
        <RIN_STATUS>Previously Published in The Unified Agenda</RIN_STATUS>
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        <MAJOR>No</MAJOR>
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            <CFR>37 CFR 404</CFR>
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        <RPLAN_ENTRY>No</RPLAN_ENTRY>
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                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>11/00/2016</TTBL_DATE>
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        <RFA_REQUIRED>Undetermined</RFA_REQUIRED>
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                <FIRST_NAME>Courtney</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Silverthorn</LAST_NAME>
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                    <CODE>0693</CODE>
                    <NAME>National Institute of Standards and Technology</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>NIST</ACRONYM>
                </AGENCY>
                <PHONE>301 975-4189</PHONE>
                <EMAIL>courtney.silverthorn@nist.gov</EMAIL>
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                    <STREET_ADDRESS>100 Bureau Drive, Mailstop 2201,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Gaithersburg</CITY>
                    <STATE>MD</STATE>
                    <ZIP>20899</ZIP>
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