54614 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 203 / Tuesday, October 21, 1997 / Notices

Title 5, Code of Federal Regulations

Sections 315.801 Probationary period;

when required, (waived only for

positions in the Scientific and

Engineering Career path)

Section 315.802 Length of

probationary period, (waived only for

positions in the Scientific and

Engineering Career path)

Section 351.401 Determining

Retention Standing.

Section 351.402 Competitive area in

RIF.

Section 351.403 Competitive level in

RIF.

Section 351.504 (a) and (d) Credit for

Performance.

Section 351.701 Assignment

involving displacement.

Section 531.203 Minimum rate for

new appointments.

Part 575, Subpart A Recruitment

Bonuses.

Part 575, Subpart C Retention

Allowances.

[FR Doc. 97–27796 Filed 10–20–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and

Technology

Government Owned Invention

Available for Licensing

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards

and Technology Commerce; Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of a government owned

invention available for licensing.

SUMMARY: The invention listed below is

owned by the U.S. Government, as

represented by the Department of

Commerce, and is available for licensing

in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 207 and 37

CFR part 404 to achieve expeditious

commercialization of results of federally

funded research and development.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Technical and licensing information on

this invention may be obtained by

writing to: National Institute of

Standards and Technology, Industrial

Partnerships Program, Building 820,

Room 213, Gaithersburg, MD 20899; Fax

301–869–2751. Any request for

information should include the NIST

Docket No. and Title for the relevant

invention as indicated below.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NIST may

enter into a Cooperative Research and

Development Agreement (‘‘CRADA’’)

with the licensee to perform further

research on the invention for purposes

of commercialization. The invention

available for licensing is:

NIST Docket Number: 96–035.

Title: Mechanical Support For A Two

Pill Adiabatic Demagnetization

Refrigerator.

Abstract: The invention uses two

paramagnetic cooling materials, called

pills, supported on only one side of a

magnet. The design simplifies the

support and provides more active pill

area in the bore of the magnet. Also

described is a support design in which

all of the support strings are placed on

a compact support assembly that

provides for stable tensioning.

Dated: October 15, 1997.

Elaine Bunten-Mines,

Director, Program Office.

[FR Doc. 97–27797 Filed 10–20–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and

Technology

Jointly Owned Invention Available for

Licensing

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards

and Technology Commerce; Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of a jointly owned

invention available for licensing.

SUMMARY: The invention listed below is

jointly owned by the U.S. Government,

as represented by the Department of

Commerce and Cornell University. The

Department of Commerce’s ownership

interest in this invention is available for

non-exclusive licensing in accordance

with 35 U.S.C. 207 and 37 CFR part 404

to achieve expeditious

commercialization of results of federally

funded research and development.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Technical and licensing information on

this invention may be obtained by

writing to: National Institute of

Standards and Technology, Industrial

Partnerships Program, Building 820,

Room 213, Gaithersburg, MD 20899; Fax

301–869–2751. Any request for

information should include the NIST

Docket No. and Title for the relevant

invention as indicated below.

The invention available for nonexclusive licensing is:

NIST Docket Number: 96–019.

Title: Fabrication Of Structures By

Metastable-Atom Impact Desorption Of

A Passivating Layer.

Description: This invention consists

of a new process for fabricating

microstructures on a surface. It utilizes

the energy contained in neutral

metastable rare gas atoms to remove

passivating atoms from selected areas of

a surface, allowing further chemical

processing to add or remove material to

the exposed areas. Some of the

advantages of this process are realized

by the introduction of atom optical

techniques, which allow structures to be

fabricated with significantly higher

resolution than can be achieved with

optical lithography, and with a greater

amount of parallelism than can be

achieved with electron or ion beam

techniques.

Dated: October 15, 1997.

Elaine Bunten-Mines,

Director, Program Office.

[FR Doc. 97–27798 Filed 10–20–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and

Technology

Owned Invention Available for

Licensing

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards

and Technology Commerce; Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of a jointly owned

invention available for licensing.

SUMMARY: The invention listed below is

jointly owned by the U.S. Government,

as represented by the Department of

Commerce and X-Ray Optical. The

Department of Commerce’s ownership

interest in this invention is available for

non-exclusive licensing in accordance

with 35 U.S.C. 207 and 37 CFR part 404

to achieve expeditious

commercialization of results of federally

funded research and development.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Technical and licensing information on

this invention may be obtained by

writing to: National Institute of

Standards and Technology, Industrial

Partnerships Program, Building 820,

Room 213, Gaithersburg, MD 20899;

FAX 301–869–2751. Any request for

information should include the NIST

Docket No. and Title for the relevant

invention as indicated below.

The invention available for nonexclusive licensing is:

NIST Docket No: 96–034.

Title: Microcalorimeter X-Ray

Detectors With X-Ray Lens.

Description: The invention uses an xray polycapillary lens to collect x-rays

from a point source over a large solid

angle and focus them onto an x-ray

microcalorimeter detector. The x-ray

lens enhances the capabilities of present

detectors and allows for the detector to

be placed farther from the source.