99-9968. Prospective Grant of Exclusive Patent License
[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 76 (Wednesday, April 21, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 19548]
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[FR Doc No: 99-9968]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
United States Geological Survey
Prospective Grant of Exclusive Patent License
This is notice in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(c)(1) and 37 CFR
404.7(a)(1)(i) that the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), U.S. Department
of the Interior, is contemplating the grant of an exclusive license in
the United States to practice the invention embodied in U.S. Patent
Application Serial Number 9-015,214 entitled ``Automated Groundwater
Monitoring System and Method,'' to Systems Management, Inc. of Hunt
Valley, MD 21031.
The prospective exclusive license will be royalty-bearing and will
comply with the terms and conditions of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7.
The prospective exclusive license may be granted unless, within 60 days
from the grant of this published notice, USGS receives written evidence
and argument which establishes that the grant of a license would not be
consistent with the requirements of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7.
The present invention is a method of monitoring the quality of
water at a ground water sampling site without human intervention. Waste
at the sampling site is purged until at least one preselected purge
criterion is satisfied. At least one water quality attribute is
automatically measured at the sampling site, and quality of water at
the site is determined based on the measured water quality attribute.
The method is performed by a system including a control unit which, in
accordance with a computer program, controls the taking of water
quality attribute measurements at the sampling site. The control unit
may be equipped with a port for downloading data to a technician on
site and with a transceiver for communicating data to a base station
via a communications network.
The availability of the invention for licensing has been announced
on the USGS' website (www.usgs.gov/tech-transfer), on a inventor's
website
(http://ma.water.usgs.gov/automo/), and at industry exhibits appearing
more than a year ago.
A copy of the cited patent application is available, for those with
a licensing interest, from the USGS Technology Enterprise Office. It
may be requested by phone at (703) 648-4450 or by e-mail at
rgraves@usgs.gov.
Inquiries, comments and other materials relating to the
contemplated license must be submitted by regular mail to Neil L. Mark,
Technology Enterprise Office, U.S. Geological Survey, 211 National
Center, Reston, VA 20192 or by email at nmark@usgs.gov.
Properly filed competing applications received by the USGS in
response to this notice will be treated as objections to the grant of
the contemplated license.
Anton L. Inderbitzen,
Director, Technology Enterprise Office.
[FR Doc. 99-9968 Filed 4-20-99; 8:45 am]
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Document Information
- Published:
- 04/21/1999
- Department:
- Geological Survey
- Entry Type:
- Notice
- Document Number:
- 99-9968
- Pages:
- 19548-19548 (1 pages)
- PDF File:
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99-9968.pdf