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R~f errin·g tO :PE?fitk:m items. 1 O and 11, the. inventor: h~s.worked for Hanforct Site. 0 ..,, '~ ' ' • . .
conttactotS: for~21 years:anef:has extensive expeJience.'jn.1he, dev~JopJn~nt of > A " -
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..• ,,cioc~tn.$hls .. ~The; ,f?etitioner expects that the Invention and associated softWare reduce. • , • • ·~ "f.j. -J. • • _,,,. t ,.. • < ,,
th.e warkteqt.dr~d. :~rid improve, tha,quqlfty. ofdocumenfs. that are generated and
.::·m.aint~.ined by: an organTzafion . ..
·~ In addition~to. rec-EiMng title to. the invention,. the Petitioner.also requires the. right ; • ·- >> • . ,
fo.as.s·ect coRyright tn: tha associated. softWare. to this.invention. under FAR 52.227-14
Rig_hts,.ln. Data, the -c.ontra,ctor (or in this, case the inventor) must request to. assert
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lic1;7ii~~t9. use4he sQfl:w~·tefor: Gove.rtH'rtarii PU.tPQSes. This. Ubensd'permfts the.
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Rer1ewaus . cus.tom~uy i!Jbe. ~oftware is being. co:mm,erci~lized,a:nd the putJfic!s needs
are ,b'eJpg met. .Tb is: license al~o , extends ~t9 · irt1~rov.~~ehtsJ0 ;the~oftware during the
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· · ~Ut ;b:;,e1:~quitc?d,:t(>'ffilai~e~pprhprti;lt~~fqrnt;a~d. ~Gttw:ateo<W>de'.l\Vith\tl;i~: 'G1fffte~f : . . ·ScrJntiftt:~iicl~i:~dhn, . j nfor:mi:Ati0b:~<Dsl:rj .. Th~~GoV'emm~nt arid~i"fs:~0ntrqt;tors Will
bo:ntirtue 'to Lise th~ softWare. ~nve.rititin udder. Us Government Use IJaen.se~ ..
. •;· The. gra.nt Qf.ltns~ waiver: sh~lild effqQ"ti¥~1y .p:r:omo.tfrtb;e.: contfpue.d. develbpment
;an.d. CP~·r:nerci~ ut!lizatton ~f the. sbbject lnve~tlon ~.ince. the -invet1tOt. 1PJ~s: 10. form a Umited J,1ability. .corpor<ttiPn_ (LlC). , See Petiticirt Iteir;t B ... Either. the Relffianeror the lJ,.C ·~tJll furth~t. <ia\telOl)>. Ula iolellectu,al prop~r;ty,~ fur: examl)le" $;eekin~ni~t~nt. protee.ticm Of
lb~. invention and. s~ek!frg copy.tight: regJstratfoh of the ;So~arei. at l~e ~pensa of either
tbe ·Petit!0ner or..J...L~.Witnout GoV:etilrnertHi:tnding1. Th'e .. JiL::C:lntendSJ:ito, e.,on~act
compan1es. that ma1nfain ·large numbers of documents. such. as perrn:its, firants 1•
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. pr:ocedures,.·Joumal articles, legal briefs, etc~ . The Inventor believes it ·possesses an dkms .. and:·racilltles· ri~eded.-to commer.ciaJize. the: subject technology and. that commercial:
aeploymentwould.make .it available to a much larger range of applications. See ,
. Peti~ion item 9 . .
" The inventor • . a Bechtel employee, reported the invention to Bechtel in August
2006, The mventot was instructed that he. neededto.conta.ct .DOE to pursue. ownership
.of. the~tweirtion •. Unforh.in.&teJyj .Bechtel's communications. VJ.ith. the inventor didn't , :
pfovide-~de:qua1.e information for. oorttaoting DOE at thaHime.~ The. issue was.raise.ct
:·wUhJl iit.ew::B~.g .. t~t ~~orney thqt f~llQW~dlt:i/0.u.gh and. contacted :Gary Drew,, DOE , ,. ' ,_~· :t "* >T:J', -· t ~ r . •
Ratenf·c-O'J"':i~i~ to:g,eUhe correct forms: to start the petitio-r1 process. Although ther:e. ~ '· '<..* r t ...,,. ... I • •, • • •.
-llave~been. delay;S.:f~ getting this wai'ler appr°'vecJ; it is in the 1>e.$t iotetest :of the Governn:ie11Uo, ~PP.rove the. wa1ver:. in ·ordetio :comme-rciallze the technology.
The Petitioner has agr~~d that this waiwmwill .be subject to the march-in artd.
;P.r~f~repQefor .. tf..S.~Jndust1y pro.Yislqns-, as;~eU a;s; the· U •. s .. Gover.nment license, :set out
tit: 35·.u.-s;..C:. 20,2~204 .. Further,. Peb110ne.rhas.-agreed· to the. qftached u .s. . . \ ~· . " : ,.. . . Gomp:&titi\len~ro:vtsJ:on. ir4«Appenaix:s , In brief, PetfUoner: ha-s agreed that product:s
embbdyj,n~ ·i'.W~l'.1\fecftnveo{i6n .. or pt~au.cecfihtQugh the use of a waived invention will. be
manr.ifaGtured stitJstantlally: in the United States: unless. the Petitioner cari show. to .the.
sal:iS,:factionof the, OQE: thqt Is not oommercially'feasible to. do. $0., However, this: ; J' • . . • . .. . .
ihvetitlon. pert~itis. to. $-Oftwate for docum~n~ produotjo:n. rnain.ten;a11ce~ therefore,. :. ' .. . .
substa~tial _maoufacturlng 1s moat , The Petitioner: has further agre-ed to make the 'above
·conditions. binGHng; on any assignee or: licensee_ or any entity; otherwise; a.oqufring fights -~ .
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Petitioner Qr. o.ther. ~uch entity receMng rigl1t$ ln t~e, waiveq:irwention~undergo a chanse,
in oWrtetshlp. amoanfiitg to a controlling interest1 then-the waiver) assignment. licens·e,
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APPENDlXA
WAIVER ACTION. ~ABSTRACT W(l)~08.,Q06
REQUEST.OR CONTRACT SCOPE RATIONALE FOR DEGJSION The"lnventor; wllt'forrn .an LLG to partnerw1th
Ronald Claghorn
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A method ,f~c.ilitates. the development and malnfenance. of related d'ocumenfs th.af.follr\; a teclT:hic?lf baseline. s.o ~hat . . .
. an1llysis~n'd ha:rltl~lilg bf chah'g$S In. ph:>Jefot deP.ume'n't-ation ~viii app.topriately:
'Opd~te the teclmical basefine. · >{ •
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co:mpanies:to ,find . corrifnercial. maii<ets .. . tr.he . grant of. ttlis. waiver W,iU help, en$tlte .. commercralizattori
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The Petitioner agrees that any products'.embodying any waived invention .or produced throu,9hthe tis'e of aiiy waived ifiventi6it Will be m;:muJactured substaofially in the ·united States ,unless the Petitioner;-can. show to the satisfaction of the DOE that it is. not corritnetcfa'lly feasible to do so. -fn the ev.ent the DOE. agrees to ·foreign manufacture. there wilf tle a requirement that the: Government'$ support ofthe technology, be recognized.in some appropriate mann,er, e.g'i recoupment of the Government's i nVE~slm~nt,,.et8. · T h0: ~e{~tioner a_~ree§Jhatit \fv'ill H<?tiicense,. ~Ssj~n or otherwise:
l' transter;any.waivetl:I[lve~liotf·to; any e·nttty unless tfiat .entity a'gree~H!1 ttle$e: same requ~ements~. Should the'Petittonet.or other: such edtity receiving rlghfa in the, invenfton und.ergo,a.cil9tigeJn oWnetship. am<:>uf1tingJ<;ta controlling irjte-r·est, theh,t h:e wa.iver, " ·.
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