RFO
Removed Under RFO
This clause is marked [Reserved] under the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (Deviation 2026-O0036). It no longer applies to contracts using the RFO model.
View deviation details252.227-7006 License grant—running royalty. As prescribed at 227.7009-4(a), insert the following clause in patent releases, license agreements, and assignments: License Grant—Running Royalty (AUG 1984) (a) The Contractor hereby grants to the Government, as represented by the Secretary of __________, an irrevocable, nonexclusive, nontransferable license under the following patents, applications for patent, and any patents granted on such applications, and under any patents which may issue as the result of any reissue, division, or continuation thereunder to practice by or cause to be practiced for the Department of ________, throughout the world, any and all of the inventions thereunder in the manufacture and use of any article or material, in the use of any method or process, and in the disposition of any article or material in accordance with law: U.S. Patent No. Date Application Serial No. Filing Date together with corresponding foreign patents and foreign applications for patent, insofar as the Contractor has the right to grant licenses thereunder without incurring an obligation to pay royalties or other compensation to others solely on account of such grant. (b) No rights are granted or implied by the agreement under any other patents other than as provided above or by operation of law. (c) Nothing contained herein shall limit any rights which the Government may have obtained by virtue of prior contracts or by operation of law or otherwise. (End of clause)
RFO
Prescription superseded under the RFO
The prescription shown below is from the codified eCFR. Under the RFO, the prescribing section may have been revised, relocated or reserved. See the deviation memorandum for the current prescription authority.
View deviation: 2026-O0036 →227.7009-4(a)
(a) License grant--running royalty. No Department shall be obligated to pay royalties unless the contract is signed on behalf of such Department. Accordingly, the License Grant clause at 252.227-7006 should be limited to the practice of the invention by or for the signatory Department or Departments.
Prescription data sourced from eCFR as of 2026-06-10 03:16 UTC.
Cross-references within the prescription are not resolved automatically.
Regulatory Stack
The layers of regulation that govern this clause, from the FAR prescription through agency-specific supplements and any active deviations.
R-DFARS
R-DFARS Prescription
Per Deviation 2026-O0036 (DFARS Part 227)
2026-O0036: DFARS RFO Implementation (Part 27) — DFARS Part 227
DFARS
DFARS Supplement (eCFR)
⚠ May be superseded by RFO
227.7009-4(a)
(a) License grant--running royalty. No Department shall be obligated to pay royalties unless the contract is signed on behalf of such Department. Accordingly, the License Grant clause at 252.227-7006 should be limited to the practice of the invention by or for the signatory Department or Departments.
Version History
Version history is sourced from the codified eCFR. Changes published only as class deviations or by the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul do not appear here until they are incorporated into the eCFR. For RFO-driven changes see the RFO Version tab and any active deviations cited above.
2 versions tracked from 2016-12-22 to 2022-05-26.
MAY 2022
May 26, 2022
CURRENT
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DEC 2016 (previous)
MAY 2022 (current)
2 added, 2 removed
(a)
(a) The Contractor hereby grants to the Government, as represented by the Secretary of _____, an irrevocable, nonexclusive, nontransferable license under the following patents, applications for patent, and any patents granted on such applications, and under any patents which may issue as the result of any reissue, division, or continuation thereunder to practice by or cause to be practiced for the Department of ____, throughout the world, any and all of the inventions thereunder in the manufacture and use of any article or material, in the use of any method or process, and in the disposition of any article or material in accordance with law: together with corresponding foreign patents and foreign applications for patent, insofar as the Contractor has the right to grant licenses thereunder without incurring an obligation to pay royalties or other compensation to others solely on account of such grant.
(a)
(a) The Contractor hereby grants to the Government, as represented by the Secretary of __________, an irrevocable, nonexclusive, nontransferable license under the following patents, applications for patent, and any patents granted on such applications, and under any patents which may issue as the result of any reissue, division, or continuation thereunder to practice by or cause to be practiced for the Department of ________, throughout the world, any and all of the inventions thereunder in the manufacture and use of any article or material, in the use of any method or process, and in the disposition of any article or material in accordance with law: together with corresponding foreign patents and foreign applications for patent, insofar as the Contractor has the right to grant licenses thereunder without incurring an obligation to pay royalties or other compensation to others solely on account of such grant.
DEC 2016
December 22, 2016
SUBSTANTIVE
Earliest version available from the eCFR
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