Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 233 / Thursday, December 4, 1997 / Notices 64207

(‘‘CNIM’’), Lai Zhou Auto Brake

Equipments Factory (‘‘LABEF’’),

Longkou Haimeng Machinery Co., Ltd.

(‘‘Haimeng’’), Qingdao Gren Co.

(‘‘GREN’’), Yantai Winhere Auto-Part

Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (‘‘Winhere’’),

and Zibo Luzhou Automobile Parts Co.,

Ltd. (‘‘ZLAP’’) in accordance with 19

CFR 351.214(d), for new shipper

reviews of the antidumping duty order

on brake rotors from the People’s

Republic of China (‘‘PRC’’) which has an

April anniversary date. CNIM, LABEF,

Haimeng, GREN, Winhere, and ZLAP

(‘‘the respondents’’) have certified that

each entity did not export brake rotors

to the United States during the period

of investigation (‘‘POI’’), and that each

is not affiliated with any exporter or

producer which did export brake rotors

during the POI.

On October 29, 1997, the Coalition for

the Preservation of American Brake

Drums and Rotors Aftermarket

Manufacturers (‘‘the petitioner’’) alleged

that there were insufficiencies and

inconsistencies in respondents’

requests. The petitioner claimed that the

respondents did not meet the legal

requirements of 19 CFR 351.214 and

351.221, and requested that the

Department decline to initiate new

shipper reviews.

On October 31, 1997, the respondents

submitted supplemental responses to

the petitioner’s comments, and rectified

the deficiencies pointed out by the

petitioner. Therefore, in accordance

with section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Tariff

Act of 1930, as amended, and 19 CFR

351.214(b), and based on information on

the record, we are initiating the new

shipper reviews as requested.

It is the Department’s usual practice

in cases involving non-market

economies to require that companies

seeking to establish eligibility for an

antidumping duty rate separate from the

country-wide rate provide de jure and

de facto evidence of an absence of

government control over the company’s

export activities. Accordingly we will

issue a separate rates questionnaire to

the above-named respondents and seek

additional information from the PRC

government (as appropriate), allowing

30 days for response. If the responses

from the respondents and the PRC

government provide sufficient

indication that the companies named

are not subject to either de jure or de

facto government control with respect to

their exports of brake rotors, the review

will proceed as to such companies. If,

on the other hand, one or more

respondents do not demonstrate their

eligibility for a separate rate, then that

or those PRC entities will be deemed to

be affiliated with other companies that

exported during the POI and that did

not establish entitlement to a separate

rate, and the review of any such

companies will be terminated.

Initiation of Reviews

In accordance with section

751(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act and 19 CFR

351.214(d)(1), we are initiating new

shipper reviews of the antidumping

duty order on brake rotors from the PRC.

We intend to issue the final results of

these reviews not later than 270 days

after the date of publication of this

notice.

Antidumping duty

proceeding

Period to be

reviewed

PRC: Brake Rotors, A–

570–846: China National Industrial Machinery Import & Export Co., Lai Zhou

Auto Brake Equipments Factory,

Longkou Haimeng

Machinery Co., Ltd.,

Qingdao Gren

(Group) Co., Yantai

Winhere Auto-Part

Manufacturing Co.,

Ltd.

03/01/97–9/30/97

We will instruct the U.S. Customs

Service to allow, at the option of the

importer, the posting, until the

completion of the review, of a bond or

security in lieu of a cash deposit for

each entry of the merchandise exported

by the above listed companies. This

action is in accordance with 19 CFR

351.214(d).

Interested parties that need access to

the proprietary information in this new

shipper review should submit

applications for disclosure under

administrative protective orders in

accordance with 19 CFR 353.34(b).

These initiations and this notice are

in accordance with section 751(a) of the

Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)) and 19 CFR

351.214(d).

Dated: November 28, 1997.

Richard W. Moreland,

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Import

Administration.

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and

Technology

Notice of Prospective Grant of

Exclusive Patent Licenses

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards

and Technology, Commerce.

SUMMARY: this is a notice in accordance

with 35 U.S.C. 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 field of use

co-exclusive and exclusive licenses to

the Government’s interest, in the United

States, to practice the inventions

embodied in the following U.S. Patent

and U.S. Patent Applications:

(1) U.S. Patent No. 5,634,718; issued

June 3, 1997; titled ‘‘Particle Calorimeter

with Normal Metal Base Layer,’’ NIST

Docket No. 94–005; the availability of

the invention for licensing was

published in the Federal Register, Vol.

60, No. 55 (March 22, 1995);

(2) U.S. Patent Application No. 08/

702,133; filed August 26, 1996; titled

‘‘Superconducting Transition-Edge

Sensor;’’ NIST Docket No. 96–033; the

availability of the invention for

licensing was published in the Federal

Register, Vol. 62, No. 89 (May 8, 1997);

(3) U.S. Patent Application No. 08/

811,939; filed March 5, 1997; titled

‘‘Microcalorimeter X-ray Detectors with

X-ray Lens;’’ NIST Docket No. 96–034;

the availability of the invention for

licensing was published in the Federal

Register, Vol. 62, No. 203 (October 21,

1997); and

(4) U.S. Patent Application No. 08/

900,982; filed July 25, 1997; titled

‘‘Mechanical Support for a Two Pill

Adiabatic Demagnetization

Refrigerator,’’ NIST Docket No. 96–035;

the availability of the invention for

licensing was published in the Federal

Register, Vol. 62, No. 203 (October 21,

1997).

The grant of field of use co-exclusive

licenses to invention (1) above is

contemplated to both Quantum Design,

Inc., having a placer of business in San

Diego, California, and to Noran

Instruments, Inc., having a place of

business in Middleton, Wisconsin. The

grant of field of use exclusive licenses

to inventions (2), (3), and (4) above is

contemplated to Noran Instruments,

Inc., having a place of business in

Middleton, Wisconsin.

The prospective co-exclusive and

exclusive licenses 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 licenses

would not be consistent with the

requirements of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37

CFR 404.7.

DATES: Comments must be received in

writing no later than February 2, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Comments on the

Prospective Grants must be submitted

to: Ernest Graf, National Institute of
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Standards and Technology, Industrial

Partnerships Program, Building 820,

Room 213, Gaithersburg, MD 20899.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ernest Graf, National Institute of

Standards and Technology, Industrial

Partnerships Program, Building 820,

Room 213, Gaithersburg, MD 20899.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

prospective co-exclusive and exclusive

licenses 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 co-exclusive and exclusive

licenses 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 licenses would not

be consistent with the requirements of

35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7.

(1) US Patent No. 5,634,718 describes

the use of a normal metal absorber in a

microcalorimeter, which gives

significant advantages in increased

detector speed and uniformity. Claims

in the patent include use of a normal

metal absorber in measuring energy

events with particles or photons other

than x-rays, construction using a

thermally insulating membrane, normal

metal superconductor (NS) contacts for

thermal isolation, normal metal

insulator superconductor (NIS) tunnel

junctions, superconducting quantum

interference device (SQUID) readout,

ridge structures for fast heat diffusion,

multiple temperature sensors for

position readout and greater uniformity,

and electronic heat pulses for

calibration.

(2) US Patent Application 08/702,133

describes a reliable and manufacturable

method of producing a superconducting

film with a transition temperature that

is tunable and in the range of interest

(from approximately 50 to 300 mK). The

superconducting components to the

bilayers are Al and Ti. Al-based bilayers

are readily manufacturable, produce

reproducible transition temperatures,

and can be readily incorporated with

microfabrication technology.

(3) U.S. Patent Application No. 08/

811,939 describes the combined use of

polycapillary optics with

microcalorimeter detectors. The

invention enables present-day

microcalorimeter spectrometers with

areas under 0.1 mm2 to have collection

solid angles that are large enough for

many practical applications. Although

the construction of larger area detectors

without capillary optics may be possible

in the future, the use of x-ray optics has

fundamental advantages because they

enable the use of small detectors, which

consequently have faster count rates and

higher resolution.

(4) U.S. Patent Application No. 08/

900,982 describes a practical

implementation of dual Kevlar TM string

mechanical supports that are needed in

a two pill refrigerator. The invention

makes the supports easier to

manufacture, assemble, and maintain in

the field.

NIST may enter into a Cooperative

Research and Development Agreement

(‘‘CRADA’’) to perform further research

on the inventions for purposes of

commercialization. NIST anticipates

that such a CRADA will be conducted

on a cost recovery basis. 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.

Copies of the patent and patent

applications may be obtained from NIST

at the foregoing address.

Dated: November 25, 1997.

Elaine Bunten-Mines,

Director, Program Office.

[FR Doc. 97–31781 Filed 12–3–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

Notice of Availability of Draft Proposed

Comprehensive, Long Range

Preservation Plan for the MONITOR

National Marine Sanctuary

AGENCY: Sanctuaries and Reserves

Division (SRD), Office of Ocean and

Coastal Resource Management (OCRM),

National Ocean Service (NOS), National

Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration (NOAA), Department of

Commerce (DOC).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In section 4 of Public Law

104–238 (The National Marine

Sanctuaries Preservation Act (Act);

October 11, 1996), Congress directed the

Secretary of Commerce to prepare a

long-range, comprehensive plan for the

management stabilization, preservation,

and recovery of artifacts and materials

of the USS MONITOR. NOAA, on behalf

of the Secretary of Commerce,

developed a draft plan, entitled

‘‘Charting a New Course for the

MONITOR: Comprehensive, Long Range

Preservation Plan with Options for

Management, Stabilization,

Preservation, Recovery, Conservation

and Exhibition of Materials and

Artifacts from the MONITOR National

Marine Sanctuary.’’ The draft plan

presents a range of options including a

comprehensive management strategy

that should ensure that, insofar as

possible, the MONITOR will be

preserved and protected for future

generations. The draft plan recommends

the application of state-of-the-art

technology in overcoming the present

rapid deterioration of the MONITOR

through the combined strategies of

stabilization and selective recovery.

DATES: Comments on the draft plan are

invited and will be considered if

submitted in writing by February 2,

1998.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the draft plan may

be obtained from Dana Hill, MONITOR

National Marine Sanctuary, The

Mariners Museum, 100 Museum Drive,

Newport News, VA 23606, tel. (757)

599–3122.

The draft plan is also published on

the World Wide Web at http://www/

nos.gov/nmsp/monitor/

Comments should be submitted to

John Broadwater, Manager, MONITOR

National Marine Sanctuary, The

Mariners Museum, 100 Museum Drive,

Newport News, VA 23606.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Dana Hill at (757) 599–3122.

SUPPLEMENTRY INFORMATION:

I. Background

The USS MONITOR was a radical

departure from traditional warship

design. The vessel was built almost

entirely of iron; it was fully steam

powered with no masts or sails; the

engineering spaces, crews and officers

quarters, and galley were all below the

waterline; the hull was completely

armored with a 5-foot-high, 32-inchthick armor belt encircling the vessel for

protection during battle. The most novel

feature was the MONITOR’s 22-footdiameter, 9-foot-high iron turret.

Positioned amidships, the armored

turret could be rotated to train its two

11-inch Dahlgren smoothbore cannon in

any direction.

The MONITOR was launched at

Greenpoint, New York, on January 30,

1862. In early March, the MONITOR

was ordered to Hampton Roads,

Virginia, where on March 9 it engaged

the CSS VIRGINIA, a Confederate

ironclad constructed over the modified

hull of the scuttled USS MERRIMACK.

In the ensuing four-hour battle, the two

vessels frequently bombarded each

other at point-blank range with no

substantial damage to either vessel.

Although the battle ended in a draw, the

MONITOR’s performance impressed the