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New Technology or Patent Rights Clause

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether NASA's New Technology or Patent Rights clause applies to the IDV record. A value of 0 means the clause does not apply; a value of 1 means it does. This is a record-level compliance indicator tied to the NASA-specific terms of the agreement.

Family: IDV
Category: NASA Specific Fields
Data Type: boolean_or_code_flag
Semantic Type: flag
Mapping: flattened_fpds_xml_field
AI Confidence: high

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__IDV__agencySpecificIDVElements__NASASpecificIDVElements__newTechnologyOrPatentRightsClause
Title
New Technology or Patent Rights Clause
FPDS Path
IDV/agencySpecificIDVElements/NASASpecificIDVElements/newTechnologyOrPatentRightsClause
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether NASA's New Technology or Patent Rights clause applies to the IDV record. A value of 0 means the clause does not apply; a value of 1 means it does. This is a record-level compliance indicator tied to the NASA-specific terms of the agreement.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts identify IDVs that include NASA-specific intellectual property or invention rights requirements. It is useful for compliance review, portfolio segmentation, and separating awards with special technical data or patent-rights obligations from standard procurement actions.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
58,110

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__IDV__agencySpecificIDVElements__NASASpecificIDVElements__newTechnologyOrPatentRightsClause
FPDS XML Path
IDV/agencySpecificIDVElements/NASASpecificIDVElements/newTechnologyOrPatentRightsClause
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'IDV/agencySpecificIDVElements/NASASpecificIDVElements/newTechnologyOrPatentRightsClause' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__IDV__agencySpecificIDVElements__NASASpecificIDVElements__newTechnologyOrPatentRightsClause'.

Use Cases

  • Dictionary lookup and field explanation
  • SQL filtering and grouping
  • Analytical reporting and reusable query building
  • NASA-specific IDV record interpretation

Common Usage

  • Identify NASA IDVs subject to technology or patent rights clauses
  • Segment awards for compliance or IP-rights analysis
  • Measure prevalence of NASA-specific clause usage across IDVs

Common Mistakes

  • Treating null or missing values the same as 0
  • Using the flag as a proxy for overall competition, award size, or contract type

Query Guidance

Use a direct equality filter on the true code, for example WHERE newTechnologyOrPatentRightsClause = 1. If comparing compliance coverage, include explicit null handling so missing data is not counted as false. When aggregating, report counts and rates by the flag value rather than interpreting it as a text field.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__IDV__agencySpecificIDVElements__NASASpecificIDVElements__newTechnologyOrPatentRightsClause AS new_technology_or_patent_rights_clause
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__IDV__agencySpecificIDVElements__NASASpecificIDVElements__newTechnologyOrPatentRightsClause IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

SELECT
    content__IDV__agencySpecificIDVElements__NASASpecificIDVElements__newTechnologyOrPatentRightsClause AS flag_value,
    count() AS record_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__IDV__agencySpecificIDVElements__NASASpecificIDVElements__newTechnologyOrPatentRightsClause IS NOT NULL
GROUP BY flag_value
ORDER BY record_count DESC

Each dictionary item includes SQL-ready examples generated alongside the variable metadata, allowing immediate use in FPDS Query for filtering, aggregation, and analysis.