[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 167 (Thursday, August 28, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 45636]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-22955]
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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 Harrison
Material Consulting Services, Inc. of Minnetonka, Minnesota, an
exclusive license to practice the invention described in U.S. Patent
No. 5,474,364, titled ``Shotgun Cartridge Rock Breaker.'' 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
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 sixty (60) days
after the date of this published Notice.
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, Federal Energy
Technology Center, P.O. Box 880, Morgantown, WV 26505; Telephone (304)
285-4555.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 35 U.S.C. Sec. 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.
Harrison Material Consulting Services, Inc. of Minnetonka,
Minnesota, has applied for an exclusive license to practice the
invention embodied in U.S. Patent No. 5,474,364, 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. Sec. 209(c), that the license grant is in the
public interest.
Rita A. Bajura,
Director, FETC.
[FR Doc. 97-22955 Filed 8-27-97; 8:45 am]
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