Mechanism	Description	Features/Characteristics
Use of Facilities and Loaned Equipment Refer to 15 U.S.C. 5807	User facilities are unique, complex, experimental scientific facilities, including equipment and expertise, at a governmental agency designated by the Government for use by the technical community, universities, industry, other laboratories, and other Government entities.	Includes designated user facilities and other user resources Research may be conducted on a proprietary or nonproprietary basis For proprietary R&D, full cost recovery is required. Patent rights generally go to inventor and proprietary data of the user can be protected For nonproprietary R&D, title to inventions goes to the user but data generated is freely available If funded under another Government contractor or international agreement, users are subject to those intellectual property clauses

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