48262 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 178 / Monday, September 15, 1997 / Notices

ACTION: Notice to amend records

systems.

SUMMARY: The Defense Logistics Agency

proposes to amend all systems of

records notices in its inventory of record

systems subject to the Privacy Act of

1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended. The

amendment consists of changing the

entry under the Contesting record

procedures category to a uniform

statement.

The entry will now read as ‘The DLA

rules for accessing records, for

contesting contents and appealing

initial agency determinations are

contained in DLA Regulation 5400.21,

32 CFR part 323, or may be obtained

from the Privacy Act Officer,

Headquarters, Defense Logistics Agency,

ATTN: CAAR, 8725 John J. Kingman

Road, Suite 2533, Fort Belvoir, VA

22060–6221.’

DATES: The amendment will be effective

on September 15, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the

Privacy Act Officer, Headquarters,

Defense Logistics Agency, ATTN:

CAAR, 8725 John J. Kingman Road,

Suite 2533, Fort Belvoir, VA 22060–

6221.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Susan Salus at (703) 767–6183.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Defense Logistics Agency notices for

systems of records subject to the Privacy

Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended,

have been published in the Federal

Register and are available from the

address above.

The specific change to the record

systems being amended are set forth

below. The proposed amendments are

not within the purview of subsection (r)

of the Privacy Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C.

552a), as amended, which requires the

submission of a new or altered systems

report.

The amendment consists of changing

the entry under the Contesting record

procedures category to a uniform

statement. The entry will now read as

‘The DLA rules for accessing records, for

contesting contents and appealing

initial agency determinations are

contained in DLA Regulation 5400.21,

32 CFR part 323, or may be obtained

from the Privacy Act Officer,

Headquarters, Defense Logistics Agency,

ATTN: CAAR, 8725 John J. Kingman

Road, Suite 2533, Fort Belvoir, VA

22060–6221.’

Dated: September 9, 1997.

L.M. Bynum,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

[FR Doc. 97–24294 Filed 9–12–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 5000–04–F

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy

Notice of Government-Owned

Inventions; Availability for Licensing

SUMMARY: The inventions listed below

are assigned to the United States

Government as represented by the

Secretary of the Navy and are made

available for licensing by the

Department of the Navy.

Copies of patents cited are available

from the Commissioner of Patents and

Trademarks, Washington, D.C. 20231,

for $3.00 each. Requests for copies of

patents must include the patent number.

Copies of patent applications cited are

available from the National Technical

Information Service (NTIS), Springfield,

Virginia 22161 for $6.95 each ($10.95

outside North American Continent).

Requests for copies of patent

applications must include the patent

application serial number. Claims are

deleted from the copies of patent

applications sold to avoid premature

disclosure.

The following patents and patent

applications are available for licensing:

Patent 5,359,746: RAMP JUNCTION;

filed 12 December 1991; patented 1

November 1994.// Patent 5,384,458:

PHOTONIC ELECTROMAGNETIC

FIELD SENSOR FOR USE IN A

MISSILE; filed 1 June 1993; patented 24

January 1995.//Patent 5,389,782:

OPTICALLY POWERED AMPLIFIER

USED BY AN ELECTROMAGNETIC

FIELD SENSOR TO AMPLIFY AN

ELECTRICAL SIGNAL FROM AN

ANTENNA; filed 13 May 1994; patented

14 February 1995.//Patent 5,389,937:

WEDGE FEED SYSTEM FOR

WIDEBAND OPERATION OF

MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; filed 1 May

1984; patented 14 February 1995.//

Patent 5,415,246: GAS PROJECTION

APPARATUS FOR USE IN

PREVENTING THE THEFT OF AN

AUTOMOBILE; filed 19 September

1994; patented 16 May 1995.//Patent

5,436,943: DIGITAL AUDIO SIGNAL

PROCESSING CIRCUIT; filed 12 June

1992; patented 25 July 1995.//Patent

5,448,054: CIRCUIT FOR USE IN

DETERMINING THE POSITION OF

LIGHT INCIDENT ON A POSITION

SENSING DETECTOR; filed 27 June

1994; patented 15 September 1995.//

Patent 5,448,237: DIGITAL CIRCUIT

FOR THE INTRODUCTION OF DITHER

INTO AN ANALOG SIGNAL; filed 8

March 1994; patented 5 September

1995.//Patent 5,448,606: GRAY CODE

COUNTER; filed 30 June 1993; patented

5 September 1995.//Patent 5,450,136:

DECODER CIRCUIT FOR GENERATING

A SYSTEM CLOCK SIGNAL PHASE

LOCKED TO A RANGE TONE SIGNAL;

filed 13 May 1994; patented 12

September 1995.//Patent 5,456,442:

MOUNTING BRACKET FOR GLOBAL

POSITIONING SYSTEM ANTENNA;

filed 12 August 1993; patented 10

October 1995.//Patent 5,456,581:

CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A MULTIPISTON PUMP WITH SOLENOID

VALVES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF

CONSTANT OUTLET PRESSURE

FLOW; filed 12 August 1994; patented

10 October 1995.//Patent 5,458,562:

CIRCULATION ENHANCING

APPARATUS; filed 13 June 1994;

patented 17 October 1995.//Patent

5,458,865: ELECTRICAL

COMPONENTS FORMED OF

LANTHANIDE CHALCOGENIDES AND

METHOD OF PREPARATION; filed 30

June 1993; patented 17 October 1995.//

Patent 5,476,238: MULTIPLE STORES

WEAPONS RAIL FOR USE WITH AN

AIRCRAFT; filed 22 July 1994; patented

19 December 1995.//Patent 5,492,696:

CONTROLLED RELEASE

MICROSTRUCTURES; filed 17 June

1993; patented 20 February 1996.//

Patent 5,510,790: DIGITAL CIRCUIT

FOR THE INTRODUCTION OF DITHER

INTO AN ANALOG SIGNAL; filed 25

April 1994; patented 23 April 1996.//

Patent 5,513,713: STEERABLE

DRILLHEAD; filed 25 January 1994;

patented 7 May 1996.//Patent 5,530,443:

DIGITAL CIRCUIT FOR THE

INTRODUCTION OF DITHER INTO AN

ANALOG SIGNAL; filed 2 September

1994; patented 25 June 1996.//Patent

5,561,676: COMPOUND-CAVITY,

HIGH-POWER, MODELOCKED

SEMICONDUCTOR LASER; filed 6

February 1995; patented 1 October

1996.//Patent 5,569,073: SYSTEM FOR

THE REMOVAL AND DISPOSAL OF

AIRBORNE CONTAMINANTS FROM

AN OUTDOOR PAINT BOOTH; filed 15

March 1995; patented 29 October 1996./

/Patent 5,572,652: SYSTEM AND

METHOD FOR MONITORING AND

CONTROLLING ONE OR MORE

COMPUTER SITES; filed 4 April 1994;

patented 5 November 1996.//Patent

5,574,286: SOLAR-BLIND RADIATION

DETECTOR; filed 30 June 1995;

patented 12 November 1996.//Patent

5,574,451: DIGITAL CIRCUIT FOR THE

INTRODUCTION OF DITHER INTO AN

ANALOG SIGNAL; filed 8 February

1995; patented 12 November 1996.//

Patent 5,574,460: MANUAL PROBE

ACQUISITION SYSTEM; filed 3

February 1965; patented 12 November

1996.//Patent 5,575,888: SIDEWALL

PASSIVATION BY OXIDATION

DURING REFRACTORY-METAL

PLASMA ETCHING; filed 14 April
Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 178 / Monday, September 15, 1997 / Notices 48263

1995; patented 19 November 1996.//

Patent 5,587,597: SEMICONDUCTORON-INSULATOR

DEVICEINTERCONNECTS; filed 11 July

1991; patented 24 December 1996.//

Patent 5,589,937: FIBER OPTIC SELFMULTIPLEXING AMPLIFIED RING

TRANSDUCER AND FORCE

TRANSFER SENSOR WITH PRESSURE

COMPENSATION; filed 2 May 1995;

patented 31 December 1996.//Patent

5,591,057: HULL SUPPORTED

STEERING AND REVERSING GEAR

FOR LARGE WATERJETS; filed 14

September 1995; patented 7 January

1997.//Patent 5,591,969: INDUCTIVE

DETECTOR FOR TIME-OF FLIGHT

MASS SPECTROMETERS; filed 12

April 1995; patented 7 January 1997.//

Patent 5,592,579: FIBER OPTIC CABLE

SPLICE AND METHOD FOR

PRODUCING SAME; filed 5 June 1996;

patented 7 January 1997.//Patent

5,593,732: NONTOXIC ANTIFOULING

SYSTEM; filed 28 April 1995; patented

14 January 1997.//Patent 5,593,736:

PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING A

FIBER REINFORCED OPTIC

MICROCABLE WITH A UV CURED

RESIN; filed 26 May 1988; patented 14

January 1997.//Patent 5,594,195:

MINIATURE, LOW POWER,

ELECTROMECHANICAL SAFETY AND

ARMING DEVICE; filed 17 March 1995;

patented 14 January 1997.//Patent

5,596,090: ANTISENSE

OLIGONUCLEOTIDES DIRECTED

AGAINST HUMAN VCAM–1 RNA; filed

12 October 1993; patented 21 January

1997.//Patent 5,596,133: ROTATING

PEEL FIXTURE; filed 23 August 1995;

patented 21 January 1997.//Patent

5,596,405: METHOD OF AND

APPARATUS FOR THE CONTINUOUS

EMISSIONS MONITORING OF TOXIC

AIRBORNE METALS; filed 3 October

1995; patented 21 January 1997.//Patent

5,596,943: APPARATUS AND METHOD

FOR FLOATING A TOWED DEVICE

FROM A SUBMERGED VEHICLE; filed

16 August 1995; patented 28 January

1997.//Patent 5,597,245: CAVITATION

SUPPRESSING DUCTED PROPELLER

SYSTEM; filed 13 August 1962;

patented 28 January 1997./Patent

5,597,337: QUICK CHANGE FIN

ASSEMBLY FOR BUOYANT TEST

VEHICLES; filed 21 February 1995;

patented 28 January 1997.//Patent

5,598,152: MINE SWEEPING SYSTEM

FOR MAGNETIC AND NONMAGNETIC MINES; filed 29 December

1994; patented 28 January 1997.//Patent

5,599,543: IMMUNOGENIC FOUR

AMINO ACID EPITOPE AGAINST

PLASMODIUM VIVAX; filed 9 March

1992; patented 4 February 1997.//Patent

5,599,703: IN VITRO AMPLIFICATION/

EXPANSION OF CD34+ STEM AND

PROGENITOR CELLS; filed 28 October

1993; patented 4 February 1997.//Patent

5,599,75l: ALKALINE EARTH

MODIFIED GERMANIUM SULFIDE

GLASS; filed 28 February 1995;

patented 4 February 1997.//Patent

5,600,060: APPARATUS AND METHOD

FOR COMPUTING UNSTEADY FLOWS

BY DIRECT SOLUTION OF THE

VORTICITY EQUATION; filed 22

February 1996; patented 4 February

1997.//Patent 5,600,239: STRAIN

SENSING SYSTEM; filed 16 June 1995;

patented 4 February 1997.//Patent

5,600,241: VIBRATING-REED

SUSCEPTOMETER FOR MEASURING

ANISOTROPIC ASPECTS OF

SUSCEPTIBILITY; filed 7 July 1995;

patented 4 February 1997.//Patent

5,601,047: DUALCAVITATING

HYDROFOIL STRUCTURES FOR

MULTI-SPEED APPLICATIONS; filed

25 June 1996; patented 11 February

1997.//Patent 5,601,452: NON-ARCING

CLAMP FOR AUTOMOTIVE BATTERY

JUMPER CABLES; filed 3 October 1995;

patented 11 February 1997.//Patent

5,601,867: METHOD AND APPARATUS

FOR GENERATING FINGERPRINTS

AND OTHER SKIN PRINTS; filed 22

June 1995; patented 11 February 1997./

/Patent 5,602,434: PULSE

CONTROLLED MOTION CONVERSION

SYSTEM FOR MAGNETOSTRICTIVE

MOTOR; filed 31 March 1995; patented

11 February 1997.//Patent 5,602,801:

UNDERWATER VEHICLE SONAR

SYSTEM WITH EXTENDIBLE ARRAY;

filed 6 December 1995; patented 11

February 1997.//Patent 5,603,278:

BUOYANT TEST VEHICLE POLYMER

EJECTION NOSE ASSEMBLY; filed 16

January 1996; patented 18 February

1997.//Patent 5,604,165: CrB2–NbB2/

A1203 AND CrB2–NbB2/SiC CERAMIC

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; filed 13 June

1996; patented 18 February 1997.//

Patent 5,604,629: DISCRETE VACUUM

ULTRA VIOLET REFLECTIVE

INTERFERENCE FILTER; 27 July 1993;

patented 18 February 1997.//Patent

5,606,163: ALL-OPTICAL, RAPID

READOUT, FIBER-COUPLED

THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETER

SYSTEM; filed 11 January 1995;

patented 25 February 1997.//Patent

5,606,214: SMART ACTUATOR FOR

ACTIVE SURFACE CONTROL; filed 31

August 1995; patented 25 February

1997.//Patent 5,606,329: BUOYANT

CABLE ANTENNA; filed 22 February

1996; patented 25 February 1997.//

Patent 5,606,330: SUBMARINE

ANTENNA POSITIONING ASSEMBLY;

filed 22 May 1995; patented 25 February

1997.//Patent 5,606,533: DATA

ACQUISITION SYSTEM AND

METHOD; filed 14 April 1994; patented

25 February 1997.//Patent 5,606,929:

NAVY PONTOON LOCKING SYSTEM;

filed 8 July 1996; patented 4 March

1997.//Patent 5,607,329: INTEGRATED

MOTOR/MARINE PROPULSOR WITH

PERMANENT MAGNET BLADES; filed

21 December 1995; patented 4 March

1997.//Patent 5,608,321: METHOD AND

APPARATUS FOR DETECTING

TARGET SPECIES HAVING

QUADRUPOLAR NUCLEI BY

STOCHASTIC NUCLEAR

QUADRUPOLE RESONANCE; filed 28

December 1995; patented 4 March

1997.//Patent 5,608,981: SINGLE

SPRING BOLT LOCK AND CARTRIDGE

EJECTOR; filed 14 August 1995;

patented 11 March 1997.//Patent

5,609,942: PANEL HAVING CROSSCORRUGATED SANDWICH

CONSTRUCTION; filed 13 March 1995;

patented 11 March 1997.//Patent

5,612,505: DUAL MODE WARHEAD;

filed 25 August 1980; patented 18

March 1997.//Patent 5,613,456:

MICROBUBBLE POSITIONING AND

CONTROL SYSTEM; filed 28 July 1995;

patented 25 March 1997.//Patent

5,614,790: AUTOMATIC ALARM FOR

FLUORESCENT BLINKING; filed 9 June

1995; patented 25 March 1997.//Patent

5,614,910: MISS DISTANCE VECTOR

SCORING SYSTEM; filed 28 July 1995;

patented 25 March 1997.//Patent

5,615,175: PASSIVE DIRECTION

FINDING DEVICE; filed 19 September

1995; patented 25 March 1997.//Patent

5,621,346: PROGRAMMABLE DATA

MESSAGE GENERATION SYSTEM;

filed 17 October 1995; patented 15 April

1997.//Patent 5,623,244: PILOT

VEHICLE WHICH IS USEFUL FOR

MONITORING HAZARDOUS

CONDITIONS ON RAILROAD TRACKS;

filed 9 September 1996; patented 22

April 1997.//Patent 5,624,264: MISSILE

LAUNCH SIMULATOR; filed 29

September 1995; patented 29 April

1997.//Patent 5,624,577: DISPOSAL OF

OIL SPILL CLEANUP COLLECTIONS;

filed 1 December 1995; patented 29

April 1997.//Patent 5,625,752:

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL SYSTEM WITH

BINARY WEIGHTING BY EQUAL

RESISTOR NETWORK; filed 17 June

1994; patented 29 April 1997.//Patent

5,627,508: PILOT VEHICLE WHICH IS

USEFUL FOR MONITORING

HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS ON

RAILROAD TRACKS; filed 10 May

1996; patented 6 May 1997.//Patent

5,633,894: CIRCUIT FOR

MODULATING A SINUSOIDAL

WAVEFORM SIGNAL USING DIGITAL

PULSE SHAPING; filed 26 January

1995; patented 27 May 1997.//Patent

5,636,180: SYSTEM FOR PREVENTING
48264 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 178 / Monday, September 15, 1997 / Notices

BIOFOULING OF SURFACES EXPOSED

TO WATER; filed 16 August 1995;

patented 3 June 1997.//Patent

application 07/518,604: CERAMIC

MATERIAL; filed 2 May 1990.//Patent

application 08/405,638: DIGITAL

SIMULATION OF ORGANISMAL

GROWTH; 17 March 1995.//Patent

application 08/417,340: DISCRIMINATE

REDUCTION DATA PROCESSOR; filed

5 April 1995.//Patent application 08/

419,473: METERING SYSTEM FOR

COMPRESSIBLE FLUIDS; filed 10 April

1995.//Patent application 08/449,162:

REGULATED DISPENSING SYSTEM;

filed 24 May 1995.//Patent application

08/515,878: ROTARY COMPRESSOR

WITH PULSATION MINIMIZING

DISCHARGE; filed 16 August 1995.//

Patent application 08/521,384:

SINTERING AIDS FOR PRODUCING

BaO–A12O3–2SiO2 AND SrO–A12O3–

2SiO2 CERAMIC MATERIALS; filed 26

July 1995.//Patent application 08/

585,612: TYPE II QUANTUM WELL

LASER WITH ENHANCED OPTICAL

MATRIX ELEMENTS; filed 16 January

1996.//Patent application 08/605,251:

OPTICAL SPECTRUM ANALYZER;

filed 13 February 1996.//Patent

application 08/627,816: AGILE WATER

VEHICLE; filed 1 April 1996.//Patent

application 08/637,000: LENGTH AND

ELONGATION SENSOR; filed 18 April

1996.//Patent application 08/646,537:

LACTIC ACID TREATMENT OF INP

MATERIALS; filed 8 May 1996.//Patent

application 08/655,789: FUEL SYSTEM

ICING INHIBITOR AND DEICING

COMPOSITION; filed 29 May 1996.//

Patent application 08/656,528:

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR

DETERMINING BOTH DENSITY AND

ATOMIC NUMBER OF A MATERIAL

COMPOSITION USING COMPTON

SCATTERING; filed 31 May 1996.//

Patent application 08/656,531:

COMPLIANT ATTACHMENT; filed 31

May 1996.//Patent application 08/

667,170: SHOULDER-LAUNCHED

MULTI-PURPOSE ASSAULT WEAPON;

filed 20 June 1996.//Patent application

08/668,489: MMIC RECEIVER

SPECIFICATION; filed 31 May 1996.//

Patent application 08/668,585: FITTING

FOR FLEXIBLE FUEL BLADDER; filed

20 June 1996.//Patent application 08/

673,762: CONTINUOUS FLUID

ATOMIZATION OF MATERIALS IN A

RAPIDLY SPINNING CUP; filed 14 June

1996.//Patent application 08/682,895:

METHOD FOR DATA GAP

COMPENSATION; filed 28 June 1996./

/Patent application 08/684,836: LOW

VELOCITY DETONATION TRAP FOR

MONOPROPELLANT FUEL SYSTEMS;

filed 24 June 1996.//Patent application

08/684,837: FUEL OXIDIZER

EMULSION INJECTION SYSTEM; filed

24 June 1996.//Patent application 08/

687,098: APPARATUS FOR

DIAGNOSING SLEEP BREATHING

DISORDERS; filed 10 July 1996.//Patent

application 08/687,699: METHOD AND

APPARATUS FOR PREDICTING THE

EFFICACY OF CARDIOVERSION; filed

10 July 1996.//Patent application 08/

693,816: SOFTWARE OBJECT FOR

PROVIDING A DISPLAY OF A

SCROLLING GRAPH; filed 22 July

1996.//Patent application 08/695,841:

AIRCRAFT DETECTION SYSTEM; filed

5 August 1996.//Patent application 08/

695,911: METHOD OF POSITIONING

AND SECURING A TUBE ON AN

ELONGATE SUPPORT; filed 12 August

1996.//Patent application 08/696,589:

METHOD AND DEVICE FOR

INSERTING A LINEAR ARRAY

MODULE INTO LONG SMALL

DIAMETER PRESSURE VESSELS; filed

24 July 1996.//Patent application 08/

700,746: VARIABLE ORIFICE BALL

VALVE; filed 30 July 1996.//Patent

application 08/701,336: IMPROVED

SUBMARINE DEPLOYED SEA-STATE

SENSOR; filed 22 August 1996.//Patent

application 08/702,299: SYSTEM AND

METHOD FOR DETERMINING CLASS

DISCRIMINATION FEATURES; filed 23

August 1996.//Patent application 08/

702,300: SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR

DETERMINING NODE

FUNCTIONALITY IN ARTIFICIAL

NEURAL NETWORKS; filed 23 August

1996.//Patent application 08/703,233:

ELECTRONIC FIRING CIRCUIT; filed 21

August 1996.//Patent application 08/

703,234: ELIMINATION OF SURFACE

IRREGULARITIES ON THE

WRAPAROUND WINDOW OF A

TORPEDO NOSE ARRAY; filed 26

August 1996.//Patent application 08/

706,591: SELF-PROPELLED WHEEL

FOR WHEELED VEHICLES; filed 5

September 1996.//Patent application 08/

706,593: SQUIRREL CAGE TYPE

ELECTRIC MOTOR ROTOR

ASSEMBLY; filed 5 September 1996.//

Patent application 08/708,001:

THERMAL STABILIZATION OF N,NDINITRAMIDE SALTS; filed 26 August

1996.//Patent application 08/708,002:

APPROXIMATION METHOD FOR

WORKPLACE LAYOUT USING

CONVEX POLYGON ENVELOPE; filed

27 August 1996.//Patent application 08/

708,008: WORKPLACE LAYOUT

METHOD USING CONVEX POLYGON

ENVELOPE; filed 27 August 1996.//

Patent application 08/708,422:

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR

PHOTOBLEACHING PATTERNS IN

IRRADIATED OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

filed 9 September 1996.//Patent

application 08/708,423: FIBER OPTIC

HANDLING AND COATING FIXTURE;

filed September 1996.//Patent

application 08/709,624: METHOD AND

APPARATUS FOR IRRADIATING

PATTERNS IN OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES

CONTAINING RADIATION SENSITIVE

CONSTITUENTS; filed 9 September

1996.//Patent application 08/712,526:

CABLE CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY; filed

11 September 1996.//Patent application

08/713,896: MODEL-BASED PROCESS

FOR TRANSLATING TEST

PROGRAMS; filed 13 September l996./

/Patent application 08/715,263:

SEALING RING AND SEAL ASSEMBLY

AND METHOD FOR MAKING A SEAL

ASSEMBLY; filed 16 September 1996./

/Patent application 08/715,741:

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR

COMPENSATING FOR DOPPLER

SHIFTS IN SIGNALS BY

DOWNSAMPLING; filed 5 September

1996.//Patent application 08/716,664:

METHOD FOR MONITORING

SURFACE STRESS; filed 27 August

1996.//Patent application 08/716,665:

SYSTEM FOR MONITORING SURFACE

STRESS AND OTHER CONDITIONS IN

STRUCTURES; filed 27 August 1996.//

Patent application 08/716,673: SYSTEM

AND METHOD FOR STOCHASTIC

CHARACTERIZATION OF A SIGNAL

WITH FOUR EMBEDDED

ORTHOGONAL MEASUREMENT

DATA ITEMS; filed 13 September

1996.// Patent application 08/716,700:

ROLLER SHAFT EXTRACTOR; filed 19

September 1996.// Patent application

08/721,846: FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS

IN CHALCOGENIDE OR

CHALCOHALID BASED INFRARED

OPTICAL FIBERS; filed 30 September

1996.// Patent application 08/730,919:

HIGHLY MANEUVERABLE

UNDERWATER VEHICLE STATEMENT

OF GOVERNMENT INTEREST; filed 10

October 1996.//Patent application 08/

738,927: MOBILE X-RAY UNIT; filed 28

October 1996.//Patent application 08/

748,584: THERMOSET POLYMERS

MADE BY BLENDING POLY

(CARBORANE-SILOXANE/SILANEACETYLENE) AND POLY (SILOXANE/

SILANE-ACETYLENE); filed 13

November 1996.//Patent application 08/

751,218: IR TRANSMITTING RARE

EARTH GALLOGERMANATE GLASSCERAMICS; filed 15 November 1996.//

Patent application 08/757,415:

MONOLITHIC PIEZOELECTRIC

ACCELEROMETER; filed 27 November

1996.//Patent application 08/771,119:

CERAMIC STRUCTURE WITH

BACKFILLED CHANNELS; filed 20

December 1996.//Patent application 08/

771,120: CHANNELED CERAMIC

STRUCTURE AND PROCESS FOR

MAKING SAME; filed 20 December
Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 178 / Monday, September 15, 1997 / Notices 48265

1996.//Patent application 08/787,720:

CHEMICAL SENSOR USING TWODIMENSIONAL LENS ARRAY; filed 24

January 1997.//Patent application 08/

787,721: ORGANIC/INORGANIC

COMPOSITE WICKS FOR CAPILLARY

PUMPED LOOPS BY SOL-GEL

PROCESSING; filed 24 January 1997.//

Patent application 08/791,305:

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR

ABLATIVE BONDING USING A

PULSED ELECTRON BEAM; filed 30

January 1997.//Patent application 08/

794,979: BIOSENSOR USING

MAGNETICALLY-DETECTED LABEL;

filed 5 February 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

R.J. Erickson, Staff Patent Attorney,

Office of Naval Research (Code OOCC),

Arlington, VA 22217–5660, telephone

(703) 696–4001.

Dated: September 5, 1997.

M.D. Sutton,

LCDR, JAGC, USN Federal Register Liaison

Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–24296 Filed 9–12–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

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Commission

[FERC–523]

Proposed Information Collection and

Request for Comments

September 10, 1997.

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission.

ACTION: Notice of proposed information

collection and request for comments.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

requirements of Section 3506 (c)(2)(2)(a)

of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

(Pub. L. No. 104–13), the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission (Commission) is

soliciting public comment on the

specific aspects of the information

collection described below.

DATES: Consideration will be given to

comments submitted on or before

November 14, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the proposed

collection of information can be

obtained from and written comments

may be submitted to the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, Attn: Michael

Miller, Information Services Division,

ED–12.4, 888 First Street N.E.,

Washington, D.C. 20426.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Michael Miller may be reached by

telephone at (202) 208–1415, by fax at

(202) 273–0873, and by e-mail at

mmiller@ferc.fed.us.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

information collected under the

requirements of FERC–523

‘‘Applications for Authorization of

Issuance of Securities’’ (OMB No. 1902–

0043) is used by the Commission to

implement the statutory provisions of

Sections 19, 20 and 204 of the Federal

Power (FPA), 16 U.S.C. 792–828c.

Under the FPA a public utility or

licensee must obtain Commission

authorization for the issuance of

securities or the assumption of

liabilities pursuant to the sections

identified above. Public utilities or

licensees are not permitted to issue

securities or assume any obligations or

liabilities as guarantor, indorser, or

surety or otherwise in respect of any

other security of another person, unless

and until, they have submitted an

application to the Commission who will

in turn, issue an order authorizing

assumption of the liability or issuance

of securities. The information filed in

applications to the Commission is used

to determine the Commission’s

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authorization for either issuances of

securities or assumptions of obligations

or liabilities to licensees and public

utilities. The Commission implements

these filing requirements in the Code of

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131.50.

Action: The Commission is requesting

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(1)×(2)×(3)

60 1 110 6,600

Estimated cost burden to respondents:

6,600 hours divided by 2087 hours per

year times $110,000 per year equals

$347,868. The cost per respondent is

equal to $5,798.

The reporting burden includes the

total time, effort, or financial resources

expended to generate, maintain, retain,

disclose, or provide the information

including: (1) reviewing instructions; (2)

developing, acquiring, installing, and

utilizing technology and systems for the

purposes of collecting, validating

verifying, processing, maintaining,

disclosing and providing information;

(3) adjusting the existing ways to

comply with any previously applicable

instructions and requirements: (4)

training personnel to respond to a

collection of information; (5) searching

data sources; (6) completing and

reviewing the collection of information;

and (7) transmitting, or otherwise

disclosing the information.

The estimate of cost for respondents

is based upon salaries for professional

and clerical support, as well as direct

and indirect overhead costs. Direct costs

include all costs directly attributable to

providing this information, such as

administrative costs and the cost for

information technology. Indirect or

overhead costs are costs incurred by an

organization in support of its mission.

These costs apply to activities which

benefit the whole organization rather

than any one particular function or

activity.

Comments are invited on: (1) whether

the proposed collection of information

is necessary for the proper performance

of the functions of the Commission,

including whether whether the

information will have practical utility;

(2) the accuracy of the Commission’s

estimate of the burden of the proposed

collection of information, including the

validity of the methodology and

assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance

the quality, utility and clarity of the

information to be collected; and (4)

ways to minimize the burden of the

collection of information on those who

are to respond, including the use of

appropriate automated, electronic

mechanical, or other technological

collection techniques or other forms of