The National Institute of Standards and Technology shall give particular attention to the evaluation of all promising energy-related inventions, particularly those submitted by individual inventors and small companies for the purpose of obtaining direct grants from the Secretary. The National Institute of Standards and Technology is authorized to promulgate regulations in the furtherance of this section.

Terms Used In 42 USC 5913

  • individual: shall include every infant member of the species homo sapiens who is born alive at any stage of development. See 1 USC 8