[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 187 (Wednesday, September 28, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-24008]
[Federal Register: September 28, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Prospective Grant of Exclusive Patent License
AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of Prospective Grant of Exclusive Patent License.
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SUMMARY: This is a notice in accordance with 35 USC 209(c)(1) and 37
CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i) that the National Institute of Standards and
Technology (``NIST''), U.S. Department of Commerce, is contemplating
the grant of a field of use exclusive license in the United States to
practice the inventions embodied in U.S. Patent 5,221,825, titled,
``Sensing of Gas-Metal-Arc Welding Process Characteristics For Welding
Process Control'' and U.S. Patent Application 08/065,393, titled, ``Arc
Length And Droplet Detachment Sensor System For Gas Metal Arc Welding''
to Morrow Tech Industries, Inc., having a place of business in
Northglenn, Colorado. The patent rights in this invention have been
assigned to the United States of America.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bruce E. Mattson, National Institute
of Standards and Technology, Technology Development and Small Business
Program, Building 221, room B-256, Gaithersburg, MD 20899.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The prospective exclusive license will be
royalty bearing and will comply with the terms and conditions of 35
U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7 The prospective exclusive license may be
granted unless, within sixty days from the date of this published
Notice, NIST receives written evidence and argument which establish
that the grant of the license would not be consistent with the
requirements of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7.
U.S. Patent 5,221,825 and U.S. Patent Application 08/065,393 relate
to methods of sensing gas-metal-arc welding process characteristics and
correcting flaws indicated by the detected process characteristics.
NIST may enter into a Cooperative Research and Development
Agreement (``CRADA'') to perform further research on the invention for
purposes of commercialization. The CRADA may be conducted by NIST
without any additional charge to any party that licenses the patent.
NIST may grant the licensee an option to negotiate for royalty-free
exclusive licenses to any jointly owned inventions which arise from the
CRADA as well as an option to negotiate for exclusive royalty-bearing
licenses for NIST employee inventions which arise from the CRADA.
The availability of U.S. Patent 5,221,825 was published in the
Federal Register, Vol. 59, No. 132 (July 12, 1994). The availability of
U.S. Patent Application 08/065,393 was published in the Federal
Register, Vol. 59, No. 75 (April 19, 1994). A copy of the patent and
patent application may be obtained from NIST at the foregoing address.
Dated: September 22, 1994.
Samuel Kramer,
Associate Director.
[FR Doc. 94-24008 Filed 9-27-94; 8:45 am]
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