[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 180 (Monday, September 16, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48666-48667]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-23625]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Morgantown Energy Technology Center; Notice of Inventions
Available for Licensing
AGENCY: Department of Energy (DOE), Morgantown Energy Technology Center
(METC).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The United States Department of Energy, Morgantown Energy
Technology Center hereby announces that the inventions listed below are
available for licensing in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 207-209 to achieve
expeditious commercialization of results of federally funded research
and development. Foreign patents rights have been retained on selected
inventions to extend market coverage and may also be available for
licensing. A copy of issued patents may be obtained, for a modest fee,
from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Washington, DC 20231.
ADDRESSES: Office of Institutional Development, U.S. Department of
Energy, Morgantown Energy Technology Center, P.O. Box 880, Morgantown,
WV 26505.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Lisa A. Jarr, Office of Institutional
Development, U.S. Department of Energy, Morgantown Energy Technology
Center, P.O. Box 880, Morgantown, WV 26505; Telephone (304) 285-4555;
E-mail: [email protected]
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 35 U.S.C. 207 authorizes licensing of
Government-owned inventions. Implementing regulations are contained in
37 CFR Part 404. 37 CFR 404.7(a)(1) authorizes exclusive licensing of
Government-owned inventions under certain circumstances, provided that
notice of the invention's availability for licensing has been announced
in the Federal Register.
Issued Patents
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Number Title
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4,447,297.................... Combined Fluidized Bed Retort and
Combustor.
4,451,826.................... Single Transmission Line Data Acquisition
System.
4,465,135.................... Fire Flood Method for Recovering
Petroleum From Oil Reservoirs of Low
Permeability and Temperature.
4,466,360.................... Loop-Bed Combustion Apparatus.
4,466,747.................... Ash Level Meter for a Fixed-Bed Coal
Gasifier.
4,475,884.................... Reversed Flow Fluidized-Bed Combustion
Apparatus.
4,523,465.................... Wireless Remote Liquid Level Detector and
Indicator for Well Testing.
4,524,796.................... Sliding-Gate Valve for Use With Abrasive
Materials.
4,667,097.................... Compensated Vibrating Optical Fiber
Pressure Measuring Device.
4,680,585.................... Pulse-Excited, Auto-Zeroing Multiple
Channel Data Transmission System.
4,696,680.................... Method and Apparatus for the Selective
Separation of Gaseous Coal Gasification
Products by Pressure Swing Adsorption.
4,769,045.................... Method for the Desulfurization of Hot
Product Gases From Coal Gasifier.
4,832,704.................... Method for Enhancing the Desulfurization
of Hot Coal Gas in a Fluid-Bed Gasifier.
4,840,931.................... Method of Inducing Surface Ensembles on a
Metal Catalyst.
4,867,079.................... Combustor with Multistage Internal
Vortices.
4,876,080.................... Hydrogen Production with Coal Using a
Pulverization Device.
4,880,528.................... Method and Apparatus for Hydrocarbon
Recovery from Tar Sands.
4,886,521.................... Decaking of Coal or Oil Shale During
Pyrolysis in the Presence of Iron
Oxides.
4,896,965.................... Real-Time Alkali Monitoring System.
4,921,765.................... Combined Coal Gasifier and Fuel Cell
System and Method.
4,926,112.................... 3-D Capacitance Density Imaging System.
4,939,376.................... Light Collection Device for Flame
Emission Detectors.
4,955,942.................... An In-Bed Tube Bank for a Fluidized-Bed
Combustor.
4,976,549.................... Apparatus and Method for Direct
Measurement of Coal Ash Sintering and
Fusion Properties at Elevated
Temperatures and Pressures.
4,976,940.................... Method of Producing H2 Using a Rotating
Drum Reactor With a Pulse Jet Heat
Source.
4,996,483.................... Spinning Angle Optical Calibration
Apparatus.
5,008,005.................... Integrated Coke, Asphalt and Jet Fuel
Production Process and Apparatus.
5,052,426.................... System for Pressure Letdown of Abrasive
Slurries.
5,067,317.................... Process for Generating Electricity in a
Pressurized Fluidized-Bed Combustor
System.
5,069,685.................... Two-Stage Coal Gasification and
Desulfurization Apparatus.
5,123,835.................... Pulse Combustor With Controllable
Oscillations.
5,126,676.................... Gas Amplified Ionization Detector for Gas
Chromatography.
5,130,097.................... Method and Apparatus for Hot-Gas
Desulfurization of Fuel Gases.
5,139,535.................... Two-Stage Fixed-Bed Gasifier With
Selectable Middle Gas Off-Take Point.
5,144,251.................... Three-Axis Particle Impact Probe.
5,163,385.................... Coal-Water Slurry Fuel Internal
Combustion Engine and Method for
Operating Same.
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5,163,754.................... Isolated Thermocouple Amplifier System
for Stirred Fixed-Bed Gasifier.
5,165,239.................... Water Augmented Indirectly-Fired Gas
Turbine Systems and Method.
5,170,670.................... Three Axis Velocity Probe System.
5,177,294.................... Catalysts for Conversion of Methane to
Higher Hydrocarbons.
5,198,002.................... Gas Stream Clean-Up Filter and Method for
Forming Same.
5,217,510.................... Apparatus for Preventing Particle
Deposition From Process Streams on
Optical Access Windows.
5,227,351.................... Sorbent for Use in Hot Gas
Desulfurization.
5,230,716.................... Grate Assembly for Fixed-Bed Coal
Gasifier.
5,232,673.................... Shielded Fluid Stream Injector for
Particle Bed Reactor.
5,325,797.................... Staged Fluidized-Bed Combustion and
Filter System.
5,337,289.................... Phased-Array Ultrasonic Surface Contour
Mapping System and Method For Solids
Hoppers and the Like.
5,348,921.................... Method For Reducing Sulfate Formation
During Regeneration of Hot-Gas
Desulfurization Sorbents.
5,413,878.................... An Improved System and Method For
Networking Electrochemical Devices.
5,449,568.................... Indirect-Fired Gas Turbine Bottomed With
Fuel Cell.
5,456,066.................... Fuel Supply System and Method For Coal-
Fired Prime Mover.
5,494,880.................... Durable Zinc Oxide-Containing Sorbents
For Coal Gas Desulfurization.
5,541,014.................... Indirect-Fired Gas Turbine Dual Fuel Cell
Power Cycle.
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Patent Applications Filed
Down-Flow Moving-Bed Gasifier With Catalyst Recycle and Method
Durable Regenerable Sorbent Pellets For Removal of Hydrogen Sulfide
From Coal Gas
Removal of Oxides of Nitrogen From Gases In Multi-Stage Coal Combustion
Combustor Oscillating Pressure Stabilization and Method
Reduction of Spalling In Mixed Metal Oxide Desulfurization Sorbents By
Addition of a Large Promoter Metal Oxide
Issued: September 3, 1996.
Thomas F. Bechtel,
Director, METC.
[FR Doc. 96-23625 Filed 9-13-96; 8:45 am]
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