B-136916, APR. 15, 1968
Highlights
WEBB: REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER DATED MARCH 26. WERE DENIED. YOU REPORT THERE IS INTEREST IN THE PROCEDURE IN CONGRESS. WE HAVE NO OBJECTION TO WHAT IS PROPOSED.
B-136916, APR. 15, 1968
TO MR. WEBB:
REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER DATED MARCH 26, 1968, WITH ENCLOSURES, CONCERNING THE PATENT LICENSING PROCEDURE ADOPTED BY YOUR AGENCY IN OCTOBER 1966 (NASA PROCUREMENT REGULATION DIRECTIVE NO. 66 10, DATED OCTOBER 24, 1966).
WE HAD GIVEN OUR APPROVAL TO THE USE OF THIS PROCEDURE ON A TRIAL BASIS. 46 COMP. GEN. 206. YOU REPORT THAT THE EXPERIENCE SO FAR GAINED UNDER THE PREPROCUREMENT LICENSING PROCEDURE HAS BEEN RATHER LIMITED, CONSISTING OF ONLY FOUR SPECIFIC REQUESTS FOR SUCH LICENSES, ALL OF WHICH, FOR VARIOUS REASONS, WERE DENIED. HOWEVER, YOU REPORT THERE IS INTEREST IN THE PROCEDURE IN CONGRESS, IN INDUSTRY AND IN OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. THEREFORE, YOU PROPOSE TO CONTINUE WITH THE TRIAL OF THE LICENSING PROCEDURE FOR AT LEAST AN ADDITIONAL YEAR IN ORDER TO GAIN MORE CONCLUSIVE DATA ON ITS EFFECTIVENESS, AND YOU PROPOSE TO PRESENT A MORE COMPLETE ANALYSIS OF NASA'S ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS, AT THE END OF THIS PERIOD.
WE HAVE NO OBJECTION TO WHAT IS PROPOSED, AND LOOK FORWARD TO RECEIVING YOUR FURTHER REPORT.