[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 183 (Thursday, September 19, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49316-49317]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-24023]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Morgantown Energy Technology Center; Notice of Intent To Grant
Partially Exclusive Patent License
AGENCY: Department of Energy (DOE), Morgantown Energy Technology Center
(METC).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of an intent to grant to United
Catalysts Incorporated of Louisville, Kentucky, a partially exclusive
license to practice the invention described in U.S. Patent No.
5,494,880, titled ``Durable Zinc Oxide-Containing Sorbents for Coal-Gas
Desulfurization,'' and any follow-on patents issuing from continuation
applications based on this patent. This license will be limited to the
manufacture and sale of pelletized sorbents.
The Department may grant exclusive or partially exclusive licenses
in Department-owned inventions, if it determines that the desired
practical application of the invention has not been achieved, or is not
likely expeditiously to be achieved, under a nonexclusive license.
DATES: Written comments or nonexclusive license applications are to be
received at the address listed below no later than November 18, 1996.
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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: United Catalysts Incorporated of Louisville,
Kentucky, has applied for a partially exclusive license to practice the
invention embodied in U.S. Patent No. 5,494,880, and any follow-on
patents issuing from continuation applications based on this patent,
and has a plan for commercialization of the invention.
The invention is owned by the United States of America, as
represented by the Department of Energy (DOE). The proposed license
will be partially
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exclusive, i.e., limited to pelletized sorbents, subject to a license
and other rights retained by the U.S. Government, and subject to 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 this notice the Office of
Institutional Development, Department of Energy, Morgantown Energy
Technology Center 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, for pelletized sorbents.
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.
Issued: September 9, 1996.
Thomas F. Bechtel,
Director, METC.
[FR Doc. 96-24023 Filed 9-18-96; 8:45 am]
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