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> NASA has a patent pending on the technology That kind of bugs me. Why should our government be able to patent things?
by criddell 4y ago
> NASA has a patent pending on the technology
That kind of bugs me. Why should our government be able to patent things?
- abathur 4y agoTo keep others from patenting publicly-funded inventions?
- kens 4y agoTo answer your question, NASA has the authority to grant licenses on its domestic and foreign patents and patent applications pursuant to 35 USC 207-209.
- DangitBobby 4y agoSounds like they don't have to grant license to use the patent.