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###### Department of Commerce

###### National Institute of Standards and Technology

# AGENCY:

National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of Commerce.

# ACTION:

Notice.

# SUMMARY:

                        Currently, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) publishes notices of prospective exclusive, co-exclusive or partially exclusive domestic or foreign licenses of Government owned inventions in the                         **Federal Register**                        . NIST is announcing that it will begin publishing such notices at                         *FEDBIZOPPS.GOV*                         (                        *https://www.fbo.gov/​*), providing opportunity for filing written objections within at least a 15-day period.                    

# ADDRESSES:

                        Questions related to this notice may be submitted to NIST, Technology Partnerships Office, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 2200, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, or emailed to                         *donald.archer@nist.gov*.                    

# FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

                        Paul Zielinski, NIST Technology Partnerships Office, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 2200, Gaithersburg, MD 20899; by email at                         *paul.zielinski@nist.gov,*                         or by phone at 301-975-2573.                    

# SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

                    Pursuant to 37 CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i), an exclusive, co-exclusive or partially exclusive domestic license, and, pursuant to 37 CFR 404.7(b)(1)(i), an exclusive, co-exclusive or partially exclusive foreign license, may be granted on Government owned inventions only if notice of a prospective license has been published in the                     **Federal Register**                     or other appropriate manner, providing opportunity for filing written objections within at least a 15-day period.                

                    NIST provides notice that it will publish future notices of prospective exclusive, co-exclusive or partially exclusive domestic or foreign licenses in                     *FEDBIZOPPS.GOV*                     (                    *https://www.fbo.gov/​*), providing opportunity for filing written objections within at least a 15-day period.                

Authority:35 U.S.C. 200*et seq.*

Phillip Singerman,

Associate Director for Innovation and Industry Services.

[FR Doc. 2018-18551 Filed 8-27-18; 8:45 am]

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