• Typically most terms are non-negotiable; one applies for a specific grant understanding the terms that will be required.

• Many terms are negotiable; including IP ownership and rights.

• The government gets a non-exclusive, royalty-free right to use technologies developed with federal funds for all government purposes.

• This includes the ability of the government to grant licenses to government contractors to use the technology when doing work for the government.

• As the government wants to see technologies brought to the marketplace it can require the owner of a technology funded with federal dollars to license out that technology if the owner is not actively bringing the technology to the marketplace.

• The government wants to see technologies utilized to the benefit of the US economy over that of foreign economies.

• Typically a technology owner will need to seek out US owned (preferably) or US based licensees and show that the licensee will use the technology to benefit US competitiveness.

• As with US competitiveness, the government wants to see technologies primarily manufactured in the US, thus resulting in US job creation and net economic benefit to the US.

• Any use of federally funded technologies or licenses granting rights to those technologies must comply with all relevant US export requirements and licenses.