32 C.F.R. § 700.333 The Chief of Naval Research.
Title 32 - National Defense
(a) The Chief of Naval Research shall command the Office of the Chief of Naval Research, the Office of Naval Research, the Office of Naval Technology and assigned shore activities. (b) The Office of Naval Research shall perform such duties as the Secretary of the Navy prescribes relating to: (1) The encouragement, promotion, planning, initiation and coordination of naval research; (2) The conduct of naval research in augmentation of and in conjunction with the research and development conducted by other agencies and offices of the Department of the Navy; and (3) The supervision, administration and control of activities within or for the Department of the Navy relating to patents, inventions, trademarks, copyrights and royalty payments, and matters connected therewith.
Title 32: National Defense
PART 700—UNITED STATES NAVY REGULATIONS AND OFFICIAL RECORDS
Subpart C—The Secretary of the Navy
The Office of the Secretary of the Navy/The Staff Assistants
§ 700.333 The Chief of Naval Research.

