Designation Process

The process for obtaining designation as an Office of Science user facility is described in the following memorandum:

• Memorandum: Designation of a user facility (October 26, 2012) 

Please note that the Office of Science designation is separate and distinct from the DOE Office of General Counsel (GC) designation, which controls a facility’s access to the Department’s User Agreement intellectual property class waivers. These class waivers facilitate access to the facilities by providing a common framework for consideration of user intellectual property and data rights.

• Current list of GC designated user facilities
• About intellectual property class waivers
• DOE intellectual property class waiver for Non-Proprietary User Agreements
• DOE intellectual property class waiver for Proprietary User Agreements
• Office of the Assistant General Counsel for Technology Transfer & Intellectual Property

All Office of Science user facilities also hold the GC designation and are approved to use the User Agreement class waivers.