02-10551. Notice of Availability of Invention for Licensing; Government-Owned Invention

AGENCY:

Department of the Navy, DoD.

ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY:

The invention listed below is assigned to the United States Government as represented by the Secretary of the Navy and is available for licensing by the Department of the Navy. The U.S. Patent Application Serial No. was filed March 29, 2002, entitled “Efficient Near-Neighbor Search (ENN-SEARCH) Method for High Dimensional Data Sets with Noise”, Navy Case No. 82,296.

ADDRESSES:

Requests for copies of the patent cited should be directed to the Naval Research Laboratory, Code 1008.2, 4555 Overlook Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20375-5320, and must include the Navy Case number.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Catherine M. Cotell, Ph.D., Head, Technology Transfer Office, NRL Code 1004, 4555 Overlook Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20375-5320, telephone [phone]. Due to U.S. Postal delays, please fax [phone], E-Mail: [e-mail] or use courier delivery to expedite response.

(Authority: 35 U.S.C. 207, 37 CFR Part 404)

Dated: April 24, 2002.

T. J. Welsh,

Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Navy, Federal Register Liaison Officer.