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B-199026 1 (1981-02-11)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadjcg0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 0tLE R C iO.-~~ .. o, • , tHE COMPTROLLER OENERAL DECISION OF 'THE UNITED STATEB WASHINGTON. 0. C'. 20548 F1T el B-1990 26 s DATE: Febru~dry -11, 1981 MATTER OF: DIGEST: Government acquisition of license to employee's invention License contract for patent between Government employee-inventor and Air Force would not be legal or appropriate if employee is in position to order, influence, or induce use of invention pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1498 (1976), even though employee's invention was not related to his official duties and there was no contribution of Government equipment, facilities, materials or information. If employee can be insulated from decision to use patented device so as to avoid violation of conflict of interest statutes and regulations, the Air Force may enter into li- cense agreement. Neither DAR 1-302.6, 28 U.S.C. § 1498 nor Executive Order 10096 would prohibit such an arrangement. This decision is in response to a~request by Andrew R. Jeffers,Ka civil service employeeof the United States Air ForceIat Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio,for our opinion on the propriety of licensing his patent to the Government~ More specifically, >lr. Jeffers has requested that we fin& the Air Force Determination of Rights with respect to his invention valid, and that it would be legally justifiable and appropri- ate for the Air Force to acquire a license to his invention-) pursuant to DAR 1-302.6 and 28 U.S.C. § 1498 (1976); In July of 1969,LUIr. Jeffers invented-a high contrast legend light display lens. This evice was designed to enable aircraft pilots to see important displays such as caution and -arning lights in sunlight. If the ordinary colored lens was replaced by a high contrast lens, standard aircraft warning lights become visible in very high light environmients. _ifter L1r. Jeffers had developed the invention, he requested that the Department of the Air Force make a Deter- mination of Rightsjpursuant to Executive Order 'No. 10096, 23 January 1950, as amended by Executive Order 11o. 10930 and Executive Order No. 10695, 35 U.S.C. § 266nt. (1976) and AFR 110-8. --- i\4 -0

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