3212 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 9 / Thursday, January 14, 2021 / Notices 

• Section 611.2(B) to use language 

that matches language used in the eCo 

application; 

• section 617.3 to clarify that an 

organization need not provide its 

country of citizenship if it has 

completed the domicile space; 

• section 618.4 to remove language 

suggesting that ‘‘direction’’ is an 

acceptable authorship statement for a 

dramatic work; 

• section 609 to clarify that Form SE 

may not be used to register an 

unpublished serial and to clarify which 

administrative classes the Office has 

established for registration purposes; 

• sections 607, 1509.1(F) and 

1509.1(F)(4)(b) to clarify that a computer 

program containing trade secrets may be 

registered with object code, but the 

applicant must include at least ten 

pages of source code in the deposit; 

• sections 1010.3 and 1010.4 to 

clarify that, although digital uploads are 

preferred, physical deposits for claims 

involving online works may be sent to 

the Office by a commercial carrier, such 

as FedEx or UPS; 

• section 1509.2(B)(4) to summarize 

the deposit requirements for sound 

recordings first published in a foreign 

country; 

• sections 624.3, 1802.8(B)(6) and 

1802.9(F) to explain that a typed or 

printed signature will be accepted on a 

paper application; 

• section 625.3 to clarify that if there 

is a ‘‘short fee,’’ the effective date of 

registration will be the date the full fee 

is received; 

• section 1807.4(B) to clarify that if 

the payment for a registration 

application ‘‘bounces,’’ the Office will 

cancel the registration and notify the 

applicant, as required by regulation; 

• sections 618.4(A), 1010.4, and 

1508.1 to reflect technical upgrades that 

have been made to the eCO system; and 

• various sections to reflect a new 

format used for annotating registration 

certificates and to include commonlyused annotations. 

The Final Version also corrects 

typographical errors and errors in 

citations or cross-references, replaces 

outdated terminology, and makes 

formatting changes. The Table of 

Authorities has been updated to reflect 

new citations used in or removed from 

the Compendium. Finally, the Office 

has added references to additional court 

decisions that have cited the 

Compendium since the 2017 version 

was released. 

Dated: January 8, 2021. 

Shira Perlmutter, 

Register of Copyrights and Director of the 

U.S. Copyright Office. 

[FR Doc. 2021–00604 Filed 1–13–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 1410–30–P 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

[Notice: 21–001] 

Notice of Intent To Grant a Partially 

Exclusive Patent License 

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and 

Space Administration. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to grant a 

partially exclusive patent license. 

SUMMARY: NASA hereby gives notice of 

its intent to grant an exclusive, coexclusive or partially exclusive patent 

license in the United States of America 

to practice the invention(s) described 

and claimed in U.S Patent No. 9,023,642 

B2, Method and Apparatus for a 

Miniature Bioreactor System for LongTerm Cell Culture to Brand Labs USA, 

LLC, having its principal place of 

business in Pompano Beach, Florida. 

The fields of use may be limited. NASA 

has not yet made a determination to 

grant the requested license and may 

deny the requested license even if no 

objections are submitted within the 

comment period. 

DATES: The prospective exclusive may 

be granted unless NASA receives 

written objections including evidence 

and argument, no later than January 29, 

2021 that establish that the grant of the 

license would not be consistent with the 

requirements regarding the licensing of 

federally owned inventions as set forth 

in the Bayh-Dole Act and implementing 

regulations. Competing applications 

completed and received by NASA no 

later than January 29, 2021 will also be 

treated as objections to the grant of the 

contemplated exclusive, co-exclusive or 

partially exclusive license. Objections 

submitted in response to this notice will 

not be made available to the public for 

inspection and, to the extent permitted 

by law, will not be released under the 

Freedom of Information Act. 

ADDRESSES: Objections relating to the 

prospective license may be submitted to 

Patent Counsel, Office of Chief Counsel, 

MS AL, NASA Johnson Space Center, 

2101 NASA Parkway, Houston, TX 

77058. Phone (281) 483–4871. Facsimile 

(281) 483–6936. Email: jsc-patentof@

mail.nasa.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Walter Ugalde, Technology Transfer and 

Commercialization Office/XT1, Johnson 

Space Center, Houston, TX 77058, (281) 

483–8615. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice of intent to grant an exclusive, 

co-exclusive or partially exclusive 

patent license is issued in accordance 

with 35 U.S.C. 209(e) and 37 CFR 

404.7(a)(1)(i). The patent rights in these 

inventions have been assigned to the 

United States of America as represented 

by the Administrator of the National 

Aeronautics and Space Administration. 

The prospective license will comply 

with the requirements of 35 U.S.C. 209 

and 37 CFR 404.7. 

Information about other NASA 

inventions available for licensing can be 

found online at http://

technology.nasa.gov. 

Helen M. Galus, 

Agency Counsel for Intellectual Property. 

[FR Doc. 2021–00610 Filed 1–13–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7510–13–P 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

[Notice: (21–002)] 

Notice of Intent To Grant a Partially 

Exclusive License 

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and 

Space Administration. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to grant 

partially exclusive patent license. 

SUMMARY: NASA hereby gives notice of 

its intent to grant a partially exclusive 

patent license in the United States to 

practice the inventions described and 

claimed in U.S. Patent No. 7,075,295 B2 

for an invention titled ‘‘Magnetic Field 

Response Sensor for Conductive 

Media,’’ NASA Case Number LAR– 

16571–1; U.S. Patent No. 7,589,525 B2 

for an invention titled ‘‘Magnetic Field 

Response Sensor for Conductive 

Media,’’ NASA Case Number LAR– 

16571–2; U.S. Patent No. 7,759,932 B2 

for an invention titled ‘‘Magnetic Field 

Response Sensor for Conductive 

Media,’’ NASA Case Number LAR– 

16571–3; U.S. Patent No. 7,086,593 B2 

for an invention titled ‘‘Magnetic Field 

Response Measurement Acquisition 

System,’’ NASA Case Number LAR– 

16908–1; U.S. Patent No. 7,047,807 B2 

for an invention titled ‘‘Flexible 

Framework for Capacitive Sensing,’’ 

NASA Case Number LAR–16974–1; U.S. 

Patent No. 7,159,774 B2 for an invention 

titled ‘‘Magnetic Field Response 

Measurement Acquisition System,’’ 

NASA Case Number LAR–17280–1; U.S. 

Patent No. 8,430,327 B2 for an invention 

titled ‘‘Wireless Sensing System Using 

Open-Circuit, Electrically-Conductive 


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