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publication, such as obscene language. 

All submissions that have been redacted 

or removed that contain comments on 

the merits of the ICR will be retained in 

the public comment file and will be 

considered as required under the 

Administrative Procedure Act and other 

applicable laws, and may be accessible 

under the Freedom of Information Act. 

Burden Statement: The Commission 

is revising its estimate of the burden for 

this collection, which include 101 Swap 

Dealers, Major Swap Participants, 65 

Futures Commission Merchants and 16 

Derivatives Clearing Organizations. The 

respondent burden for this collection is 

estimated to be as follows: 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

182. 

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Respondent: 18.1 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 3296 hours. 

Frequency of Collection: Daily, 

annually, or as needed. 

There are no capital costs or operating 

and maintenance costs associated with 

this collection. 

(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) 

Dated: June 15, 2018. 

Robert Sidman, 

Deputy Secretary of the Commission. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army 

Notice of Availability of GovernmentOwned Inventions; Available for 

Licensing 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: The invention listed below is 

assigned to the United States 

Government as represented by the 

Secretary of the Army and is being made 

generally availability of exclusive, 

partially exclusive or non-exclusive 

licenses by the Department of the Army. 

U.S. Army Case Number ARL 17–33 

entitled ‘‘Aluminum Based 

Nanogalvanic Alloys for Hydrogen 

Generation,’’ and a provisional patent 

application filed at the U.S. Patent and 

Trademark Office (USPTO) on July 24, 

2017 and assigned USPTO 

PROVISIONAL PATENT APPLICATION 

No. 62/536,143. 

In order to support a better 

understanding of the material, ARL has 

established the following website to 

host details on the technology and a 

review the process that will culminate 

in the granting of a patent license(s) 

around September 2018; 

www.arl.army.mil/ 

AlNanogalvanicPowder. On this 

website, you can register your interest to 

be contacted about further 

developments, post general questions, 

learn about Inventor webex’s, and 

download background technical 

information, as well as, templates for all 

the require documents that will be used 

throughout the process. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

After registering on the website above, 

requests for additional data, powder 

samples, and other inquiries can be 

directed to Brian Metzger telephone: 

406–994–7782, brian.metzger@

montana.edu, TechLink, 2310 

University Way Technology Blvd., Suite 

2–2, Bozeman, MT 59715. TechLink is 

an authorized DoD partnership 

intermediary. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Description of the Technology— 

Aluminum Based Nanogalvanic Alloys 

for Hydrogen Generation. 

It has long been known that 

aluminum (Al) reacts with water to 

produce hydrogen (H2) gas and 

aluminum oxide via a hydrolysis 

reaction. Aluminum metal oxidizes 

when in contact with water, rapidly 

producing a passivating oxide layer 

which prevents the hydrolysis reaction 

(evolution of H2). Further, hydrolysis to 

evolve H2 can only occur if the native 

oxide layer is actively removed. This is 

usually achieved by adding hazardous 

corrosive compounds (caustic soda, 

hydrochloric acid, etc.) which dissolve 

in water, toxic and expensive metals 

(such as gallium, platinum, etc.), or by 

forcing the reaction by additional 

external energy (electric current and/or 

superheated steam). 

The U.S. Army Research Laboratory 

(ARL) has invented a novel 

nanogalvanic structured aluminum 

based particulate material which is 

capable of generating hydrogen very 

rapidly by hydrolysis reaction with 

water and any liquid that contains water 

(e.g., naturally scavenged water, coffee, 

energy drink, urine, etc.) at room 

temperature without chemicals, 

catalysts or externally supplied power. 

These patent pending powders produce 

hydrogen at a rate that currently is one 

of the fastest reported for Al and water 

reactions without the need of hazardous 

and costly materials or additional 

processes. The reaction results in the 

production of hydrogen and heat with 

only inert residual materials. ARL has 

demonstrated that hydrolysis will occur 

with virtually any water containing 

liquid. 

Licensing Process—The U.S. Army 

Research Laboratory intends to move 

expeditiously to license this provisional 

patent. The process will consist of two 

stages; Phase 1: Solicit Interest & Phase 

2: Request for Patent License 

Application. 

Phase 1—Solicit Interest: Phase 1 will 

open on 18 JUN 2018. Companies may 

obtain technical information, samples, 

and speak with inventors for the 

purpose of technical due diligence. 

Phase 2—Request for Patent License 

Application: Phase 2 will open on 25 

JUL 2018. Phase 2 will allow all 

interested parties to conduct an 

evaluation of the powder, ask the 

inventors questions about the nonprovisional patent application, and 

work with TechLink to develop a 

National/Worldwide Commercialization 

Plan which will form the basis for the 

Patent License Application. 

On or around 1 SEP 2018, the U.S. 

Army Research Laboratory will evaluate 

the Patent License Applications that 

have been received to date for possible 

granting of Patent License Agreement(s). 

In its decisions concerning the granting 

of license(s), the U.S. Army Research 

Laboratory will give special 

consideration to small business firms, 

and consortia involving small business 

firms. While the Army intends to insure 

that its licensed inventions are broadly 

commercialized throughout the United 

States, a PCT application is planned to 

be filed for the patent noted above. The 

Army intends that licensees interested 

in a license in Europe, Canada, China, 

and Japan will assume foreign 

prosecution and pay the costs of such 

prosecution. 

(Authority: 35 U.S.C. 207, 37 CFR part 404) 

Collaborative Research Opportunity— 

The U.S. Army Research Laboratory is 

also open to engaging in negotiations 

with licensee(s) to establish a parallel 

Collaborative Research and 

Development Agreement to mutually 

continue the development of the 

material. 

Brenda S. Bowen, 

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

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