{"identifier":"/us/usc/t35/s200","title":35,"num":"\u00a7\u202f200.","heading":"Policy and objective","text":"\u00a7\u202f200.\nPolicy and objective\nIt is the policy and objective of the Congress to use the patent system to promote the utilization of inventions arising from federally supported research or development; to encourage maximum participation of small business firms in federally supported research and development efforts; to promote collaboration between commercial concerns and nonprofit organizations, including universities; to ensure that inventions made by nonprofit organizations and small business firms are used in a manner to promote free competition and enterprise without unduly encumbering future research and discovery; to promote the commercialization and public availability of inventions made in the United States by United States industry and labor; to ensure that the Government obtains sufficient rights in federally supported inventions to meet the needs of the Government and protect the public against nonuse or unreasonable use of inventions; and to minimize the costs of administering policies in this area.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t35/s200.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t35/s200","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f200."},{"t":"heading","text":"Policy and objective"},{"t":"content","text":"\n","children":[{"t":"p","text":"It is the policy and objective of the Congress to use the patent system to promote the utilization of inventions arising from federally supported research or development; to encourage maximum participation of small business firms in federally supported research and development efforts; to promote collaboration between commercial concerns and nonprofit organizations, including universities; to ensure that inventions made by nonprofit organizations and small business firms are used in a manner to promote free competition and enterprise without unduly encumbering future research and discovery; to promote the commercialization and public availability of inventions made in the United States by United States industry and labor; to ensure that the Government obtains sufficient rights in federally supported inventions to meet the needs of the Government and protect the public against nonuse or unreasonable use of inventions; and to minimize the costs of administering policies in this area.","tail":"\n"}]},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}