small business firm
The term small business firm means a small business concern as defined at section 2 of Pub. L. 85536 (15 U.S.C. 632) and implementing regulations of the Administrator of the Small Business Administration. For the purpose of this part, the size standards for small business concerns involved in government procurement and subcontracting at 13 CFR 121.5 will be used.
Source
37 CFR § 401.2
Scoping language
In addition to the definitions in 35 U.S.C. 201, as used in this part