[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 136 (Wednesday, July 16, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38073-38074]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-18667]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Technology Center
Notice of Intent To Grant Exclusive Patent License
AGENCY: Department of Energy (DOE), Federal Energy Technology Center
(FETC).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of an intent to grant to CQ Inc. of
Homer City, Pennsylvania, an exclusive license to practice the
inventions described in U.S. Patent Nos. 4,969,928 titled ``Combined
Method for Simultaneously Dewatering and Reconstituting Finely Divided
Carbonaceous Material'' and 5,379,902, titled ``Method for Simultaneous
Use of a Single Additive for Coal Flotation, Dewatering, and
Reconstitution.'' The inventions are
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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. 209(c), unless within 60 days of publication
of this Notice the Assistant Counsel for Intellectual Property,
Department of Energy, Federal Energy Technology Center, Morgantown, WV
26505, receives in writing any of the following, together with the
supporting documents:
(i) A statement from any person setting forth reasons why it would
not be in the best interest 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 it 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 September 15, 1997.
ADDRESSES: Assistant Counsel for Intellectual Property, U.S. Department
of Energy, Federal Energy Technology Center, P.O. Box 880, Morgantown,
WV 26505.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa A. Jarr, Assistant Counsel for
Intellectual Property, U.S. Department of Energy, Morgantown Energy
Technology Center, P.O. Box 880, Morgantown, WV 26505; Telephone (304)
285-4555.
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.
CQ Inc. of Homer City, Pennsylvania, has applied for an exclusive
license to practice the inventions embodied in U.S. Patent Nos.
4,969,928 and 5,379,902, and has a plan for commercialization of the
inventions.
The proposed license will be exclusive, 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
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.
Dated: July 7, 1997.
Ralph A. Carabetta,
Deputy Director, FETC.
[FR Doc. 97-18667 Filed 7-15-97; 8:45 am]
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