94-25050. Notice of Government Owned Inventions Available for Licensing

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 

Notice of Government Owned Inventions Available for Licensing

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology Commerce.

SUMMARY: The inventions listed below are owned by the U.S. Government, 
as represented by the Department of Commerce, and are available for 
licensing in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 207 and 37 CFR Part 404 to 
achieve expeditious commercialization of results of federally funded 
research and development.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Technical and licensing information on these inventions may be obtained 
by writing to: Marcia Salkeld, National Institute of Standards and 
Technology, Office of Technology Commercialization, Physics Building, 
Room B-256, Gaithersburg, MD 20899; Fax [phone]. Any request for 
information should include the NIST Docket No. and Title for the 
relevant invention as indicated below.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The inventions available for licensing area:

NIST Docket No. 90-030D
Title: Monomers For Double Ring-Opening Polymerization With Expansion
Description: NIST researchers have created a new class of monomers that 
undergo double ring-opening polymerization with an expansion in volume. 
When used in resinous compositions the result is a volume neutral 
curing process at ambient temperature, and a final product that 
exhibits high adhesive strength.

NIST Docket No. 90-036
Title: Epitaxial Iron Films Exhibiting Large Polar Kerr Rotation
Description: The invention is a magneto-optic iron film that greatly 
enhances Kerr rotation compared with conventional iron films. The 
material could be utilized in magneto-optic data storage media.

NIST Docket No. 93-028C
Title: Nanocomposite Material for Magnetic Refrigeration and 
Superparamagnetic System using the Same
Description: NIST researchers have developed new materials and systems 
that make magnetic refrigeration practical for household uses. The 
materials are atomically-engineered superparamagnetic materials that 
exhibit a large magnetocaloric effect at selected temperatures.

NIST Docket No. 93-042
Title: Photochromic Compositions and Materials Containing 
Bacteriorhodopsin
Description: This invention is a method to form photochromic 
compositions and materials from the light-sensitive protein, 
bacteriorhodopsin. The invention can be used to record and store 
information in real time.

NIST Docket No. 93-047
Title: Process For UV-Photopatterning of Thiolate Monolayers Self-
Assembled on Gold, Silver and Other Substrates
Description: New NIST technology provides a photopatterning process to 
precisely control the spatial position of thiol compounds on a surface. 
The process creates a monolayer that can be used to bind biological 
species such as proteins or enzymes at known locations on a surface, 
and could be very important for a variety of technologies including 
biosensing, immunoassay diagnostics, pharmacological testing, and cell 
growth studies.

NIST Docket No. 94-017CIP
Title: Method and Apparatus for Visualization of Internal Stresses in 
Solid Non-Transparent Materials by Ultrasonic Techniques and Ultrasonic 
Computer Tomography of Stress
Description: New NIST technology makes visualing internal stresses in 
sold materials in three dimensions possible. By using an acoustic 
microscope, an ultrasonic generator and a computer, this technology 
provides for the measurement of residual stresses and their 
distribution as a function of depth.

    Dated: October 3, 1994.
Samuel Kramer,
Associate Director.
[FR Doc. 94-25050 Filed 10-7-94; 8:45 am]
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