00-19628. Notice of Availability of Invention for Licensing; Government-Owned Invention

AGENCY:

Department of the Navy, DOD.

ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY:

The invention listed below is assigned to the United States Government as represented by the Secretary of the Navy and is available for licensing by the Department of the Navy.

U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 09/195,159 entitled “Desalination Through Methane Hydrate” Navy Case No. 79,584.

ADDRESSES:

Requests for copies of the patent application cited should be directed to the Naval Research Laboratory, Code 1008.2, 4555 Overlook Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20375-5320, and must include the Navy Case number.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Catherine M. Cotell, Ph.D., Head, Technology Transfer Office, NRL Code 1004, 4555 Overlook Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20375-5320, telephone [phone].

(Authority: 35 U.S.C. 207, 37 CFR Part 404)

Dated: July 26, 2000.

J.L. Roth,

Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Navy, Federal Register Liaison Officer.