INVENTIONS, DISCOVERIES, & PATENTS 6/5/72 Patent Policy approved. 5/21/75 Patent Policy revisions approved. 2/4/81 Approved appointment of an ad hoc Committee on Inventions, Discoveries, & Patents; and requested FAC to consider establishing a standing comm. as part of its study of FC's committee structure. 3/12/97 Patents and Copyright Policy approved. (collective bargaining).