Appendix II 
INSTITUTIONAL PAT2NT AGREEMENT 
GOVERNING GRANTS AND AWARDS FROM THE 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH , EDUCATION, AND WELFARE 
This Agreement, made and entered into this day of 
, 19 , by and between the United 
States of America, as represented by the Assistant Secretary 
(Health and Scientific Affairs) of the Department of Health, 
Education, and Welfare, hereinafter sometimes referred to as 
the Grantor, and 
hereinafter referred to as the Grantee. 
WITNESSETH: 
WHEREAS, the Regulations of the Department of Health, 
Education, and welfare, covering inventions resulting from 
research grants, fellowship awards, and contracts for research 
(45 CFR Parts 6 and 8), provide in Secs. 8.1 through 8.5 that 
upon approval by the Assistant Secretary (Health and Scientific 
Affairs), the ownership and disposition of domestic and foreign 
rights to inventions arising out of activities assisted by 
grants and awards may be left to the Grantee pursuant to its 
approved established patent policy, with such modifications 
as may be agreed upon; and 
WHEREAS, the Grantee is desirous of entering into an 
agreement whereby it has a first option to retain principal 
rights in and to administer inventions made in the course of 
or under research supported by grants and awards from the 
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, pursuant to the 
aforesaid Regulations; and 
WHEREAS, the Assistant Secretary (Health and Scientific 
Affairs) has reviewed the patent policy of the Grantee as 
set forth in 
and its practices thereunder and has found them to be acceptable, 
subject to the provisions of this Agreement, and that said 
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