University of South Florida Board of Trustees v. United States

 
APPEAL NO.
22-2248
OP. BELOW
CFC
SUBJECT
Patent
AUTHOR
Taranto

Question(s) Presented

1.”May a Government License, 35 U.S.C. § 202(c)(4), in an invention ever be granted where no government funds of any type were ever provided in the making of the invention?” 2. “Can an invention first reduced to practice months prior to any federal funding agreement be treated as a ‘subject invention’ as defined in 35 U.S.C. § 201(e) for the purposes of awarding the Government a license pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 202(c)(4)?”

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