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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 222 (Monday, November 18, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 90678]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-26826]

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Air Force

[25-0005206-AFRL/RX]

Notice of Intent To Grant an Exclusive Patent License

AGENCY: Department of the Air Force, Department of Defense.

ACTION: Notice of Intent.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Bayh-Dole Act and implementing regulations, 
the Department of the Air Force hereby gives notice of its intent to 
grant an exclusive patent license to Trustees of Tufts College, 136 
Harrison Avenue, Suite 75K-950, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, USA. Such 
license is exclusive.

DATES: Written objections must be filed no later than fifteen (15) 
calendar days after the date of publication of this Notice.

ADDRESSES: Submit written objections to James F. McBride, Air Force 
Materiel Command Law Office, AFMCLO/JAZ, 2240 B Street, Area B, 
Building 11, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433-7109; Facsimile: (937) 255-
9318; or Email: [email protected]. Include Docket ARX-210727A-
PL in the subject line of the message.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James F. McBride, Air Force Materiel 
Command Law Office, AFMCLO/JAZ, 2240 B Street, Area B, Building 11, 
Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433-7109; Telephone: (937) 713-0229; 
Facsimile: (937) 255-9318; or Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Abstract of Patents and Patent Application(s)

    I. Oxygen-sensing materials and methods are disclosed. The 
materials include oxygen-sensing chromophores embedded in a solid 
matrix including silk fibroin in an amount by weight of at least 50% of 
the total weight of the solid matrix. The solid matrix possesses at 
least partial transparency at relevant wavelengths. The solid matrix is 
biocompatible and biodegradable. The solid matrix is not a hydrogel. 
The chromophores are distributed throughout the solid matrix. Tissue 
oxygenation can be estimated from phosphorescence measurements made 
from oxygen-sensing materials implanted in subject.

Intellectual Property

    Silk-chromophore Composite Materials for in situ Oxygen Sensing. 
The invention is protected under U.S. Provisional Patent Application 
Serial No.63/317,929, filed on March 8, 2022, PCT Patent Application 
Serial No. PCT/US2023/014796, filed on March 8, 2023, U.S. Patent 
Application Serial No. 18/823,853, filed on September 4, 2024.
    The Department of the Air Force may grant the prospective license 
unless a timely objection is received that sufficiently shows the grant 
of the license would be inconsistent with the Bayh-Dole Act or 
implementing regulations. A competing application for a patent license 
agreement, completed in compliance with 37 CFR 404.8 and received by 
the Air Force within the period for timely objections, will be treated 
as an objection and may be considered as an alternative to the proposed 
license.
    Authority: 35 U.S.C. 209; 37 CFR 404.

Tommy W. Lee,
Acting Air Force Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-26826 Filed 11-15-24; 8:45 am]
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