[time-nuts] oscillators

Bob Camp lists at rtty.us
Fri Aug 31 02:18:21 UTC 2012


Hi

Indeed, at least three companies received licenses.

Bob

On Aug 30, 2012, at 10:14 PM, "jmfranke" <jmfranke at cox.net> 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" <jimlux at earthlink.net>
> Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 8:11 PM
> To: <time-nuts at febo.com>
> 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.
>> 
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