All documentation include layout drawing, Gerber file, List of component and Schematic diagram delivered for reverse engineering circuit board purposes must be carefully screened by the Tasking Agency and tasking executor prior to delivery, to ensure that no restricted or proprietary data is included.
Any additional data subsequently requested by circuit board reverse engineering personnel from sole-source or prime vendors must be delivered via the Tasking Agency to preclude inadvertent access to restricted or proprietary data. The technical data developed through reverse engineering should be delivered to the tasking agency with “unlimited rights.”
Documents obtained from Reverse Engineering Circuit Board
When an circuit board assembly has been reverse engineered and one or more pieces of mechanical component or electronic integrated circuits within the circuit board assembly remain sole source for economic or other reasons, it/they remain as limited rights piece(s).
Unauthorized disclosure or access to proprietary data for competitive procurement purposes disqualifies the candidate from reverse engineering. In the case where the reverse engineering effort is performed by contractor support, if the contractor gains access to restricted data concerning a specific candidate, the contractor is liable if he performs reverse engineering function for that candidate.
