[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 89 (Monday, May 10, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 25025]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-11647]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Notice of Prospective Grant of Exclusive Patent License
AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of prospective grant of exclusive patent license.
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SUMMARY: This is a notice in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(c)(1) and 37
CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i) that the National Institute of Standards and
Technology (``NIST''), U.S. Department of Commerce, is contemplating
the grant of an exclusive license world-wide to NIST's interest in the
invention embodied in U.S. Patent Application 07/892,037, titled,
``Photovoltaic Solar Water Heating System'', filed June 2, 1992; NIST
Docket No. 91-023US to Four Seasons Solar Products Corporations, having
a place of business at 5005 Veterans Memorial Highway, Holbrook, NY
11741. The grant of the license would be for all fields of use.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: D. Berkley, National Institute of
Standards and Technology, Office of Technology Partnerships, 100 Bureau
Drive, Stop 2200, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-2200.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 sixty days from the date of this published
Notice, NIST receives written evidence and argument which establish
that the grant of the license would not be consistent with the
requirements of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7. The availability of the
invention for licensing was published in the, Federal Register Vol. 59
(March 30, 1994). NIST and Four Seasons Solar Products Corporation may
enter into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) to
further development of the invention.
U.S. Patent application 07/892,037 is owned by the U.S. Government,
as represented by the Secretary of Commerce. The present invention
relates to a system for heating water using solar energy, the system
comprises a photovoltaic array, a water heater comprising a variable
resistive load, and a controller for varying either the load
characteristics of the resistive load or the power generating
characteristics of the photovoltaic array, or both, to ensure maximum
power transfer efficiency.
Dated: May 3, 1999.
Karen H. Brown,
Deputy Director.
[FR Doc. 99-11647 Filed 5-7-99; 8:45 am]
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