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42 U.S.C. § 16196 — Next Generation Lighting Initiative
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**(a) Definitions** In this section:
(1) **Advanced solid-state lighting** — The term “advanced solid-state lighting” means a semiconducting device package and delivery system that produces white light using externally applied voltage.
(2) **Industry Alliance** — The term “Industry Alliance” means an entity selected by the Secretary under subsection (d).
(3) **Initiative** — The term “Initiative” means the Next Generation Lighting Initiative carried out under this section.
(4) **Research** — The term “research” includes research on the technologies, materials, and manufacturing processes required for white light emitting diodes.
(5) **White light emitting diode** — The term “white light emitting diode” means a semiconducting package, using either organic or inorganic materials, that produces white light using externally applied voltage.
**(b) Initiative** The Secretary shall carry out a Next Generation Lighting Initiative in accordance with this section to support research, development, demonstration, and commercial application activities related to advanced solid-state lighting technologies based on white light emitting diodes.
**(c) Objectives** The objectives of the Initiative shall be to develop advanced solid-state organic and inorganic lighting technologies based on white light emitting diodes that, compared to incandescent and fluorescent lighting technologies, are longer lasting, are more energy-efficient and cost-competitive, and have less environmental impact.
**(d) Industry Alliance** Not later than 90 days after August 8, 2005, the Secretary shall competitively select an Industry Alliance to represent participants who are private, for-profit firms, open to large and small businesses, that, as a group, are broadly representative of United States solid
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**(a) Definitions** In this section:
(1) **Advanced solid-state lighting** — The term “advanced solid-state lighting” means a semiconducting device package and delivery system that produces white light using externally applied voltage.
(2) **Industry Alliance** — The term “Industry Alliance” means an entity selected by the Secretary under subsection (d).
(3) **Initiative** — The term “Initiative” means the Next Generation Lighting Initiative carried out under this section.
(4) **Research** — The term “research” includes research on the technologies, materials, and manufacturing processes required for white light emitting diodes.
(5) **White light emitting diode** — The term “white light emitting diode” means a semiconducting package, using either organic or inorganic materials, that produces white light using externally applied voltage.
**(b) Initiative** The Secretary shall carry out a Next Generation Lighting Initiative in accordance with this section to support research, development, demonstration, and commercial application activities related to advanced solid-state lighting technologies based on white light emitting diodes.
**(c) Objectives** The objectives of the Initiative shall be to develop advanced solid-state organic and inorganic lighting technologies based on white light emitting diodes that, compared to incandescent and fluorescent lighting technologies, are longer lasting, are more energy-efficient and cost-competitive, and have less environmental impact.
**(d) Industry Alliance** Not later than 90 days after August 8, 2005, the Secretary shall competitively select an Industry Alliance to represent participants who are private, for-profit firms, open to large and small businesses, that, as a group, are broadly representative of United States solid-state lighting research, development, infrastructure, and manufacturing expertise as a whole.
**(e) Research**
(1) **Grants** — The Secretary shall carry out the research activities of the Initiative through competitively awarded grants to—
(A) researchers, including Industry Alliance participants;
(B) small businesses;
(C) National Laboratories; and
(D) institutions of higher education.
(2) **Industry alliance** — The Secretary shall annually solicit from the Industry Alliance—
(A) comments to identify solid-state lighting technology needs;
(B) an assessment of the progress of the research activities of the Initiative; and
(C) assistance in annually updating solid-state lighting technology roadmaps.
(3) **Availability to public** — The information and roadmaps under paragraph (2) shall be available to the public.
**(f) Development, demonstration, and commercial application**
(1) **In general** — The Secretary shall carry out a development, demonstration, and commercial application program for the Initiative through competitively selected awards.
(2) **Preference** — In making the awards, the Secretary may give preference to participants in the Industry Alliance.
**(g) Cost sharing** In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall require cost sharing in accordance with [section 16352 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section16352&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(h) Intellectual property** The Secretary may require (in accordance with [section 202(a)(ii) of title 35](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title35-section202/a/ii&num=0&edition=prelim), [section 2182 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section2182&num=0&edition=prelim), and [section 5908 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section5908&num=0&edition=prelim)) that for any new invention developed under subsection (e)—
(1) that the Industry Alliance participants who are active participants in research, development, and demonstration activities related to the advanced solid-state lighting technologies that are covered by this section shall be granted the first option to negotiate with the invention owner, at least in the field of solid-state lighting, nonexclusive licenses and royalties on terms that are reasonable under the circumstances;
(2)
(A) that, for 1 year after a United States patent is issued for the invention, the patent holder shall not negotiate any license or royalty with any entity that is not a participant in the Industry Alliance described in paragraph (1); and
(B) that, during the year described in subparagraph (A), the patent holder shall negotiate nonexclusive licenses and royalties in good faith with any interested participant in the Industry Alliance described in paragraph (1); and
(3) such other terms as the Secretary determines are required to promote accelerated commercialization of inventions made under the Initiative.
**(i) National Academy review** The Secretary shall enter into an arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences to conduct periodic reviews of the Initiative.
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**(a) Vesting of title to invention and issuance of patents to United States; prerequisites** Whenever any invention is made or conceived in the course of or under any contract of the Department, other than nuclear energy research, development, and demonstration pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 ([42 U.S.C. 2011](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section2011&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.) and the Secretary determines that—
(1) the person who made the invention was employed or assigned to perform research, development, or demonstration work and the invention is related to the work he was employed or assigned to perform, or that it was within the scope of his employment duties, whether or not it was made during working hours, or with a contribution by the Government of the use of Government facilities, equipment, materials, allocated funds, information proprietary to the Government, or services of Government employees during working hours; or
(2) the person who made the invention was not employed or assigned to perform research, development, or demonstration work, but the invention is nevertheless related to the contract or to the work or duties he was employed or assigned to perform, and was made during working hours, or with a contribution from the Government of the sort referred to in clause (1).11 So in original. Probably should be a comma.
title to such invention shall vest in the United States, and if patents on such invention are issued they shall be issued to the United States, unless in particular circumstances the Secretary waives all or any part of the rights of the United States to such invention in conformity with the provisions of this section.
**(b) Contract as requiring report to Department of invention, etc.,
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Any invention or discovery, useful in the production or utilization of special nuclear material or atomic energy, made or conceived in the course of or under any contract, subcontract, or arrangement entered into with or for the benefit of the Commission, regardless of whether the contract, subcontract, or arrangement involved the expenditure of funds by the Commission, shall be vested in, and be the property of, the Commission, except that the Commission may waive its claim to any such invention or discovery under such circumstances as the Commission may deem appropriate, consistent with the policy of this section. No patent for any invention or discovery, useful in the production or utilization of special nuclear material or atomic energy, shall be issued unless the applicant files with the application, or within thirty days after request therefor by the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (unless the Commission advises the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office that its rights have been determined and that accordingly no statement is necessary) a statement under oath setting forth the full facts surrounding the making or conception of the invention or discovery described in the application and whether the invention or discovery was made or conceived in the course of or under any contract, subcontract, or arrangement entered into with or for the benefit of the Commission, regardless of whether the contract, subcontract, or arrangement involved the expenditure of funds by the Commission. The Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office shall as
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**(a) In general** The Secretary is authorized to establish a Science and Technology Scholarship Program to award scholarships to individuals that is designed to recruit and prepare students for careers in the Department and National Laboratories.
**(b) Service requirement** The Secretary may require that an individual receiving a scholarship under this section serve as a full-time employee of the Department or a National Laboratory for a fixed period in return for receiving the scholarship.
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TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
§ 16196
(b) Program
(1) In general
The Secretary shall establish and conduct a
program of research, development, demonstra-
tion, and commercial application of energy
technology for the secondary use of batteries,
if the Secretary finds that there are sufficient
numbers of batteries to support the program.
(2) Administration
The program shall be—
(A) designed to demonstrate the use of bat-
teries in secondary applications, including
utility and commercial power storage and
power quality;
(B) structured to evaluate the perform-
ance, including useful service life and costs,
of such batteries in field operations, and the
necessary supporting infrastructure, includ-
ing reuse and disposal of batteries; and
(C) coordinated with ongoing secondary
battery use programs at the National Lab-
oratories and in industry.
(c) Solicitation
(1) In general
Not later than 180 days after August 8, 2005,
the Secretary shall solicit proposals to dem-
onstrate the secondary use of batteries and as-
sociated equipment and supporting infrastruc-
ture in geographic locations throughout the
United States.
(2) Additional solicitations
The Secretary may make additional solicita-
tions for proposals if the Secretary determines
that the solicitations are necessary to carry
out this section.
(d) Selection of proposals
(1) In general
Not later than 90 days after the closing date
established by the Secretary for receipt of pro-
posals under subsection (c), the Secretary
shall select up to five proposals that may re-
ceive financial assistance under this section
once the Department receives appropriated
funds to carry out this section.
(2) Factors
In selecting proposals, the Secretary shall
consider—
(A) the diversity of
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