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normally subject to a limited royalty free non - exclusive license for the Recipient. The Department owns any invention made solely by its employees, but may license the Recipient in accordance with the procedures in 37 C.F.R. part 404. (c) Inventor /Employee. If neither the Recipient nor the Department is interested in owning an invention by a Recipient employee, the Recipient, with the written concurrence of the Department's Patent Counsel, may allow the inventor /employee to own the invention subject to certain restrictions as described in 37 C.F.R. § 401.9. (d) Joint Inventions. Inventions made jointly by a Recipient and a Department employee will be owned jointly by the Recipient and DOC. However, the Department may transfer its rights to the Recipient as authorized by 35 U.S.C. § 202(e) and 37 C.F.R. § 40 1. 10 if the Recipient is willing to patent and license the invention in exchange for a share of "net" royalties based on the number of inventors (e.g., 50 -50 if there is one Recipient and Department employee). The agreement will be prepared by the Department's Patent Counsel and may include other provisions, such as a royalty free license to the Federal Government and certain other entities. The Recipient also is authorized to transfer its rights to the Federal Government, which can agree to share royalties similarly as described above (35 U.S.C. § 202(e)). (ii) Responsibilities — iEdison. The Recipient has responsibilities and duties set forth in the standard patent rights clause, which are not described below. The Recipient is expected to comply with all the requirements of the standard patent rights clause and 37 C.F.R. part 401. Recipients of DOC Awards are required to submit their disclosures and elections electronically using the Interagency Edison extramural invention reporting system (iEdison) at www.iedison.pov. The Recipient may obtain a waiver of this electronic submission requirement by providing DOC compelling reasons for allowing the submission of paper copies of reports related to inventions. b. Patent Notification Procedures. Pursuant to Executive Order 12889, the Department is required to notify the owner of any valid patent covering technology whenever the Department or its Recipients, without making a patent search, knows (or has demonstrable reasonable grounds to know) that technology covered by a valid United States patent has been or will be used without a license from the owner. To ensure proper notification, if the Recipient uses or has used patented technology under this Award without a license or permission from the owner, the Recipient must notify the Grants Officer: However, this notice does not necessarily mean that the Government authorizes and consents to any copyright or patent infringement occurring under the financial assistance. Data, Databases, and Software. The rights to any work produced or purchased under a DOC Award are determined by 15 C.F.R. §§ 14.36 or 24.34, as applicable. Such works may include data, databases, or software. The Recipient owns any work produced or purchased under a DOC Award subject to the Department's right to obtain, reproduce, publish, or otherwise use the work or authorize others to receive, reproduce, publish, or otherwise use the data for Federal Government purposes. 33