[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 128 (Tuesday, July 6, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 36342]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-17022]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Albany Research Center Intent To Grant Exclusive Patent License
AGENCY: Department of Energy (DOE), Albany Research Center (ALRC).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of an intent to grant to MSE Technology
Applications, Inc., of Butte, Montana, an exclusive license to practice
the invention described in U.S. Patent No. 5, 560,420 titled ``Process
for Casting Hard-Faced, Lightweight Camshafts and Other Cylindrical
Products.'' 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. 209(c), unless within 60 days of publication
of this Notice the Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Intellectual
Property Law, Department of Energy, Chicago Operations Office, 9800 S.
Cass Ave, Argonne, IL 60439, 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 7, 1999.
ADDRESSES: Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Intellectual Property Law,
U.S. Department of Energy, Chicago Operations Office, 9800 S. Cass Ave,
Argonne, IL 60439.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William Riley, Chief of Technology
Transfer, Department of Energy, Albany Research Center, 1450 Queen
Avenue, SW, Albany, Oregon 97321-2198; Telephone (541) 967-5851; E-
mail: riley@alrc.doe.gov, or: Mark P. Dvorscak, Assistant Chief
Counsel, Office of Intellectual Property Law, U.S. Department of
Energy, Chicago Operations Office, 9800 S. Cass Ave., Argonne, IL
60439; Telephone (630) 252-2393.
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 Sec. 404) require that the necessary determinations be made
after public notice and opportunity for filing written objections.
MSE Technology Applications, Inc., of Butte, Montana, has applied
for an exclusive license to practice the invention embodied in U.S.
Patent Nos. 5, 560,420 and has a plan for commercialization of the
invention.
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: June 17, 1999.
George J. Dooley, III,
Director, ALRC.
[FR Doc. 99-17022 Filed 7-2-99; 8:45 am]
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