Executive Orders
- 1944. President Roosevelt. Executive Order No. 9424, Establishment of a Register of Government Interests in Patents.
Source: The provisions of Executive Order 9424. February 18, 1944, at 9 FR 1959, 3 CFR, 1943-1948 Comp., p. 303, unless otherwise noted.
https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title35-section207&num=0&edition=prelim - 1947. President Truman. Executive Order No. 9865, Patent Protection Abroad of Inventions Resulting From Research Financed by the Government.
Source: The provisions of Executive Order 9865 of June 14, 1947, appear at 12 FR 3907, 3 CFR, 1943-1948 Comp., p. 651, unless otherwise noted.
https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/codification/executive-order/09865.html - 1950. President Truman. Executive Order No. 10096, Providing for a uniform patent policy for the Government with respect to inventions made by Government employees and for the administration of such policy.
Source: The provisions of Executive Order 10096 of Jan. 23, 1950, appear at 15 FR 389, 3 CFR, 1949-1953 Comp., p. 292, unless otherwise noted.
https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/codification/executive-order/10096.html - 1987. President Reagan. Executive Order 12591, Facilitating access to science and technology.
Source: The provisions of Executive Order 12591. April 10, 1987, at 52 FR 13414, 3 CFR, 1987 Comp., p. 220, unless otherwise noted.
https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/codification/executive-order/12591.html
Other Executive Branch Guidance on Federally-funded Patents
- 1963. President Kennedy. Memorandum and Statement of Government Patent Policy, October 10, 1963.
Source: Memorandum of October 10, 1963, Government Patent Policy, Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies. 28 Federal Register 200 p. 10943-10946, pub. October 12, 1963.
https://www.loc.gov/item/fr028200/ - 1968. Department of Commerce, Committee on Government Patent Policy. Government patent policy study; final report. [Prepared] for the FCST Committee on Government Patent Policy. Contract No. 7-35807.
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/ssd?id=mdp.39015002098518;seq=17 - 1983. President Reagan. Memorandum on Government Patent Policy, February 18, 1983.
Source: February 18, 1983. Memorandum to the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies. Subject: Government Patent Policy.
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/memorandum-government-patent-policy