[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 48 (Monday, March 12, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14569-14570]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-5860]


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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[Notice (12-021)]


Notice of Intent To Grant Exclusive License

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

ACTION: Notice of Intent To Grant Exclusive License.

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SUMMARY: This notice is issued in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(e) and 
37 CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i). NASA hereby gives notice of its intent to grant 
an exclusive license in the United States to practice the invention 
described and claimed in Patent No. US 6,706,549, Multi-Functional 
Micro Electromechanical Devices and Method of Bulk Manufacturing Same, 
LEW 17,170-1; and Patent No. US 6,845,664, MEMS Direct Chip Attach 
Packaging Methodologies and Apparatuses for Harsh Environments, LEW 
17,256-1, to Spectre Corporation, having its

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principal place of business in Elyria, Ohio. The fields of use may be 
limited to mining; farming; undersea exploration; seismic and 
environmental monitoring; heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning; 
chemical and petrochemical process control and process automation; 
water and waste-water processing; power transmission and power 
distribution; calibration and test equipment; semiconductor 
manufacturing; material manufacturing such as metallurgy, refractory 
processes, and steel, aluminum, copper, polymers, composites, and glass 
and ceramic production and processing; pharmaceutical production; and 
food and beverage production. The patent rights in these inventions as 
applicable have been assigned to the United States of America as 
represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration. The prospective exclusive license will comply with the 
terms and conditions of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7.

DATES: The prospective exclusive license may be granted unless, within 
fifteen (15) days from the date of this published notice, NASA receives 
written objections including evidence and argument that establish that 
the grant of the license would not be consistent with the requirements 
of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7. Competing applications completed and 
received by NASA within fifteen (15) days of the date of this published 
notice will also be treated as objections to the grant of the 
contemplated exclusive license.
    Objections submitted in response to this notice will not be made 
available to the public for inspection and, to the extent permitted by 
law, will not be released under the Freedom of Information Act, 5 
U.S.C. 552.

ADDRESSES: Objections relating to the prospective license may be 
submitted to Intellectual Property Counsel, Office of Chief Counsel, MS 
21-14, NASA Glenn Research Center, 21000 Brookpark Rd, Cleveland, OH 
44135. Phone (216) 433-5754. Facsimile (216) 433-6790.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kaprice Harris, Intellectual Property 
Counsel, Office of Chief Counsel, MS 21-14, NASA Glenn Research Center, 
21000 Brookpark Rd, Cleveland, OH 44135. Phone (216) 433-5754. 
Facsimile (216) 433-6790. Information about other NASA inventions 
available for licensing can be found online at http://techtracs.nasa.gov/.

Richard W. Sherman,
Deputy General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2012-5860 Filed 3-9-12; 8:45 am]
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