252.227-7011 Assignments.
Prescription and Applicability
DFARS Prescription, 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).
Current Text
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)
Active Class Deviations Affecting This Clause
Class Deviation 2026-O0036, DFARS RFO Implementation (Part 27)
- Status: Active
- Date Issued: 2026-02-01
- Change type: MODIFIED
- Action: Modified by RFO class deviation
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