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DFARS Clause ACTIVE

252.227-7011

Assignments.
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Effective Date
AUG 1984
Active Deviations
1
Versions
2 (since 2016-12-22)
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.

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252.227-7011 Assignments.

As prescribed at 227.7010, insert the following clause in assignments.

Assignment (AUG 1984)

The Contractor hereby conveys to the Government, as represented by the Secretary of ____________, the entire right, title, and interest in and to the following patents (and applications for patent), in and to the inventions thereof, and in and to all claims and demands whatsoever for infringement thereof heretofore accrued, the same to be held and enjoyed by the Government through its duly appointed representatives to the full end of the term of said patents (and to the full end of the terms of all patents which may be granted upon said applications for patent, or upon any division, continuation-in-part or continuation thereof):

U.S. Patent No.

Date

Name of Inventor

U.S. Application Serial No.

Filing Date

Name of Inventor

together with corresponding foreign patents and applications for patent insofar as the Contractor has the right to assign the same.

(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Prescription superseded under the RFO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.

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227.7010
(a) The clause at 252.227-7011 is an example which may be used in contracts of assignment of patent rights to the Government.
(b) To facilitate proof of contracts of assignments, the acknowledgement of the contractor should be executed before a notary public or other officer authorized to administer oaths (35 U.S.C. 261).
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

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DFARS DFARS Supplement (eCFR) ⚠ May be superseded by RFO 227.7010
(a) The clause at 252.227-7011 is an example which may be used in contracts of assignment of patent rights to the Government.
(b) To facilitate proof of contracts of assignments, the acknowledgement of the contractor should be executed before a notary public or other officer authorized to administer oaths (35 U.S.C. 261).

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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.

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Active Class Deviations

DFARS RFO Implementation (Part 27) Modified by RFO class deviation
MODIFIED

Related Clauses

Referenced by

252.227-7012
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