[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 107 (Monday, June 5, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 29581]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-13678]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Molecular Structure Corporation
AGENCY: Office of the General Counsel, Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of intent to grant exclusive patent license.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of an intent to grant to Molecular
Structure Corporation, of The Woodlands, Texas, an exclusive license to
practice the invention described in U.S. Patent No. 4,953,191, entitled
``High Intensity X-Ray Source Using Liquid Gallium.'' The invention is
owned by the United States of America, as represented by the Department
of Energy (DOE). The proposed license will be exclusive, subject to a
license and other rights retained by the U.S. Government, and other
terms and conditions to be negotiated. DOE intends to grant the
license, upon a final determination in accordance with 35 U.S.C.
Sec. 209(c), unless within 60 days of this notice the Assistant General
Counsel for Technology Transfer and Intellectual Property, Department
of Energy, Washington, D.C. 20585, receives in writing any of the
following, together with supporting documents:
(i) A statement from any person setting forth reasons why it would
not be in the best interests of the United States to grant the proposed
license; or
(ii) An application for a nonexclusive license to the invention, in
which applicant states that he already has brought the invention to
practical application or is likely to bring the invention to practical
application expeditiously.
DATES: Written comments or nonexclusive license applications are to be
received at the address listed below no later than August 4, 1995.
ADDRESSES: Office of Assistant General Counsel for Technology Transfer
and Intellectual Property, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence
Avenue SW., Washington, D.C. 20585.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert J. Marchick, Office of the
Assistant General Counsel for Technology Transfer and Intellectual
Property, U.S. Department of Energy, Forrestal Building, Room 6F-067,
1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, D.C. 20585; Telephone (202)
586-4792.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 35 U.S.C. 209(c) provides the Department
with authority to grant exclusive or partially exclusive licenses in
Department-owned inventions, where a determination can be made, among
other things, that the desired practical application of the invention
has not been achieved, or is not likely expeditiously to be achieved,
under a nonexclusive license. The statute and implementing regulations
(37 CFR 404) require that the necessary determinations be made after
public notice and opportunity for filing written objections.
Molecular Structure Corporation, of The Woodlands, Texas, has
applied for an exclusive license to practice the invention embodied in
U.S. Patent No. 4,953,191, and has a plan for commercialization of the
invention.
The proposed license will be exclusive as deemed appropriate,
subject to a license and other rights retained by the U.S. Government,
and subject to a negotiated royalty. The Department will review all
timely written responses to this notice, and will grant the license if,
after expiration of the 60-day notice period, and after consideration
of any written responses to this notice, a determination is made, in
accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(c), that the license grant is in the
public interest.
Issued in Washington, D.C., on May 30, 1995.
Agnes P. Dover,
Deputy General Counsel for Technology Transfer and Procurement.
[FR Doc. 95-13678 Filed 6-2-95; 8:45 am]
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