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Standard Intellectual Property (IP) Provisions for Financial Assistance Awards issued ON OR AFTER October 1, 2021
| Type of Award | Type of Project | Special Data Statute e.g., EPACT) | Type of Recipient | Set Number (PDF) |
| ALL | ALL | ALL | ALL | IP Provisions 2023 10-2 |
*DOE Patent Counsel must be consulted for RD&D awards issued “nonprofit organizations” and “small business firms”(as defined by 35 U.S. Code § 202), which are (i) not located in the United States, (ii) do not have a place of business located in the United States, or (iii) are subject to the control of a foreign government.
**DOE Patent Counsel must be consulted for awards not subject to the S&E DEC or awards having a granted exception to the S&E DEC.
Previous Intellectual Property (IP) Provisions for Financial Assistance Awards
Standard Intellectual Property (IP) Provisions for Financial Assistance Awards issued ON OR AFTER December 26, 2014
| Type of Award | Type of Project | Special Data Statute e.g., EPACT) | Type of Recipient | Set Number (PDF) |
| Cooperative Agreement | Research, Development, or Demonstration (RD&D) | No | Domestic Small Business | CSB-115 |
| Cooperative Agreement | RD&D | Yes | Domestic Small Business | CDSB-115 |
| Cooperative Agreement | RD&D | No | Large Business and Foreign Entity | CLB-115 |
| Cooperative Agreement | RD&D | Yes | Large Business and Foreign Entity | CDLB-115 |
| Grant | RD&D | No | Domestic Small Business | GSB-115 |
| Grant | RD&D | Yes | Domestic Small Business | GDSB-115 |
| Grant | RD&D | No | Large Business and Foreign Entity | GLB-115 |
| Grant | RD&D | Yes | Large Business and Foreign Entity | GDLB-115 |
| Grant and Cooperative Agreement | RD&D | No | Nonprofit Organization, State or Local Government | GNP-119 |
| Grant and Cooperative Agreement | RD&D | Yes | Nonprofit Organization, State or Local Government | GDNP-419 |
| Grant and Cooperative Agreement | RD&D | Yes | SBIR and STTR Recipients | SBIR/STTR-419 |
| Grant and Cooperative Agreement | Non RD&D | N/A | All types of recipients | NRD-115 |
| Type of Award | Type of Project | Special Data Statute e.g., EPACT) | Type of Recipient | Set Number (PDF) |
| Cooperative Agreement | Research, Development, or Demonstration (RD&D) | No | Domestic Small Business | CSB-1003 |
| Cooperative Agreement | RD&D | Yes | Domestic Small Business | CDSB-1003 |
| Cooperative Agreement | RD&D | No | Large Business, State or Local Government, and Foreign Entity | CLB-1003 |
| Cooperative Agreement | RD&D | Yes | Large Business, State or Local Government, and Foreign Entity | CDLB-1003 |
| Grant | RD&D | No | Domestic Small Business | GSB-1003 |
| Grant | RD&D | Yes | Domestic Small Business | GDSB-1003 |
| Grant | RD&D | No | Large Business, State or Local Government, and Foreign Entity | GLB-1003 |
| Grant | RD&D | Yes | Large Business, State or Local Government, and Foreign Entity | GDLB-1003 |
| Grant and Cooperative Agreement | RD&D | No | Nonprofit Organization | GNP-1003 GNP-115 |
| Grant and Cooperative Agreement | Non RD&D | N/A | All types of recipients | NRD-1003 |
Click here to access Alternates I and II to Rights in Data – General (OCT 2003) and Rights in Data – Programs Covered Under Special Data Statutes (OCT 2003).
Note: The contracting officer, in consultation with DOE Patent Counsel and the DOE Project Director, may negotiate special patent and data clauses, when it is necessary to satisfy the mission requirements of a particular program.
This page was last updated on 2023-11-8.