2018-05447. Notice of Intent To Grant Exclusive Patent License

AGENCY:

National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

ACTION:

Notice of intent to grant exclusive patent license.

SUMMARY:

NASA hereby gives notice of its intent to grant an exclusive patent license in the United States to practice the invention described and claimed in for U.S. Patent Number 8,197,249 entitled “Fully Premixed Low Emission, High Pressure Multi-Fuel Burner”, which issued June 12, 2012 and is further described by NASA as LEW 17786-1, to Intellihot, Inc., having its principal place of business in Galesburg, Illinois. The fields of use may be limited to gas fired products for heating, ventilation, and air conditioning industry including water heaters, boilers, space heaters, combined heating, cooling and power, heat pumps, roof top units, and furnaces.

DATES:

The prospective exclusive license may be granted unless, NASA receives written objections, including evidence and argument no later than April 3, 2018 that establish that the grant of the license would not be consistent with the requirements regarding the licensing of federally owned inventions as set forth in the Bayh-Dole Act and implementing regulations. Competing applications completed and received by NASA no later than April 3, 2018 will also be treated as objections to the grant of the contemplated exclusive license. Objections submitted in response to this notice will not be made available to the public for inspection and, to the extent permitted by law, will not be released under the Freedom of Information Act.

ADDRESSES:

Objections relating to the prospective license may be submitted to Patent Counsel, Office of Chief Counsel, MS 142-7, NASA Glenn Research Center, 21000 Brookpark Rd, Cleveland, OH 44135. Phone [phone]. Facsimile [phone].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Robert Earp, Patent Counsel, Office of Chief Counsel, MS 142-7, NASA Glenn Research Center, 21000 Brookpark Rd, Cleveland, OH 44135. Phone [phone]. Facsimile [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

This notice of intent to grant an exclusive patent license is issued in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(e) and 37 CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i). The patent rights in these inventions have been assigned to the United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The prospective exclusive license will comply with the requirements of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR. 404.7.

Information about other NASA inventions available for licensing can be found online at http://technology.nasa.gov.

Mark P. Dvorscak,

Agency Counsel for Intellectual Property.