Hi Indeed, at least three companies received licenses.
Bob On Aug 30, 2012, at 10:14 PM, "jmfranke" <[email protected]> wrote: > If a civil servant was the inventor, the government is assigned the rights > and no one can use it for other than government applications without a > license. At one time I helped license government patents to companies. > > John > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Jim Lux" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 8:11 PM > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] oscillators > >> On 8/30/12 12:37 PM, Bob Camp wrote: >>> Hi >>> >>> The original patents on the MCXO are government property. One of the Ft. >>> Monmouth guys came up with the fundamental / third overtone idea back in the >>> 80's. Several (at least three) companies were licensed by the government to >>> make the part. >>> >>> >> >> Gotta be careful there.. >> >> A lot of times these days, the government doesn't own the patent, they get a >> "government use" license. If it was a civil servant doing the work, then, >> yes, government owns it, and anyone can use it. However, if it was a >> contractor at a government facility, or developed under a contract >> (particularly a university), then it might be much stickier. If you wanted >> to build something to sell to the government, then getting a license is >> easy. But for the general public, perhaps not. >> >> Working at JPL, which is part of Cal Tech, on NASA's nickle, we're made VERY >> aware of exactly who owns the fruits of our brains, and who gets to use it. >> The Bayh Dole act has many unexpected consequences. >> >> >> These days, a lot of the people working at government labs are not civil >> servants, but are "Technical Support and Engineering Personnel". This >> allows them to report a lower headcount of government employees. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] >> To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >> and follow the instructions there. > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
