Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 2 / Monday, January 5, 1998 / Notices 263

Dated: December 22, 1997.

Edward A. Frankle,

General Counsel.

[FR Doc. 98–133 Filed 1–2–98; 8:45 am]

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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND

SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[Docket 97–172]

Notice of Prospective Patent License

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and

Space Administration.

ACTION: Notice of prospective patent

license.

SUMMARY: NASA hereby gives notice

that Dataforce Development Corporation

of Scotts Valley, California 95067–7425,

has applied for a partially exclusive

patent license to practice the inventions

described and claimed in U.S. Patent

Numbers 5,426,512 and 5,629,780, both

entitled ‘‘Image Data Compression

Having Minimum Perceptual Error,’’ for

which United States Patents were issued

on June 20, 1995 and May 13, 1997,

respectively, to the United States of

America as represented by the

Administrator of the National

Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Written objections to the prospective

grant of a license should be sent to

Ames Research Center.

DATES: Responses to this notice must be

received by March 6, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mr. William Sheehan, Patent Attorney,

Ames Research Center, Mail Stop 202A–

3, Moffett Field, CA 94035, telephone

(650) 604–5104.

Dated: December 22, 1997.

Edward A. Frankle,

General Counsel.

[FR Doc. 98–136 Filed 1–2–98; 8:45 am]

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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND

SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[Notice 97–171]

Prospective Patent License

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and

Space Administration.

ACTION: Notice of prospective patent

license.

SUMMARY: NASA hereby gives notice

that Vacuum Arc Technologies, Inc. of

Scottsboro, Alabama, has applied for an

exclusive license to practice the

invention described and claimed in U.S.

Patent No. 5,380,415, entitled ‘‘Vacuum

Vapor Deposition,’’ and the invention

described in NASA Case No. MFS–

30,119–1, for ‘‘Enhanced Vacuum Arc

Vapor Deposition Electrode,’’ which are

assigned to the United States of America

as represented by the Administrator of

the National Aeronautics and Space

Administration. Written objections to

the prospective grant of a license should

be sent to Marshall Space Flight Center.

DATES: Responses to this notice must be

received by March 6, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Robert L. Broad, Jr., Patent Counsel,

Marshall Space Flight Center, Mail Code

CC01, Huntsville, Alabama 35812,

telephone (205) 544–0021, fax (205)

544–0258.

Dated: December 22, 1997.

Edward A. Frankle,

General Counsel.

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NATIONAL GAMBLING IMPACT STUDY

COMMISSION

Meeting

AGENCY: National Gambling Impact

Study Commission.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

DATES: Wednesday, January 21, 1998,

9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. and Thursday,

January 22, 1998, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting site will be:

The Atlantic City Convention Center,

Room 302, 2001 Kirkman Blvd., Atlantic

City, NJ 08401. Written comments can

be sent to the Commission at 800 North

Capitol Street, N.W., Suite 450,

Washington, D.C. 20002.

STATUS: The meeting will be open to the

public both days. However, the meeting

will adjourn in the afternoon for

approximately six hours on January 21st

while the Commission conducts its first

two site visits. Additionally, the

meeting will adjourn on January 22nd

before the Commission conducts the

meeting’s final site visit.

SUMMARY: At its first on-site meeting the

National Gambling Impact Study

Commission, established under Pub. L.

104–169, dated August 3, 1996, will

hear presentations from invited panels

of speakers, conduct site visits, receive

public comment, and conduct its

normal meeting business.

CONTACT PERSONS: For further

information contact Amy Ricketts at

(202) 523–8217 or write to 800 North

Capitol St., N.W., Suite 450,

Washington, D.C. 20002.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

meeting agenda will include

presentations from Federal, State, and

local officials; testimony from invited

panels of speakers on the social and

economic impact of gambling; testimony

from an expert panel on pathological

gambling; site visits to the Atlantic City

Rescue Mission, Trump Taj Mahal

Casino, and boardwalk area; normal

meeting business; and an open forum

period for public comment.

An open forum for public

participation will be held from 7:00

p.m. to 9:00 p.m. on January 21 on

issues relevant to the Commission’s

work. Anyone wishing to make an oral

presentation at the meeting must contact

Mr. Tim Bidwill by telephone only at

(202) 523–8217 no later than 5:00 p.m.,

January 16, 1998. No requests will be

accepted before 9:00 a.m. (EST) the day

this notice appears in the Federal

Register.

Open forum participants will be asked

to provide name, organization (if

applicable), address, and telephone

number. No requests will be accepted

via mail, facsimile, e-mail, or voice

mail. A waiting list will be compiled

once the allotted number of slots

becomes filled. Oral presentations will

be limited to three (3) minutes per

speaker. If this is not enough time to

complete comments, please restrict to

three minutes a summary of your

comments and bring a typed copy of full

comments to file with the Commission.

Persons speaking at the forum are

requested, but not required, to supply

twenty (20) copies of their written

statements to the registration desk prior

to the evening session on January 21.

Members of the public, on the waiting

list or otherwise, are always invited to

send written comments to the

Commission at any time. However, if

individuals wish to have their written

comments placed into the official record

of the meeting, the Commission must

receive them by February 11, 1998. Each

speaker is kindly asked to be prepared

prior to their presentation; to refrain

from any use of profanity, vulgar

language, or obscene signage; to refrain

from making any comments or

disrupting sounds during the

presentation of another speaker; and to

remain seated. If visual aids are

necessary during the course of a

speaker’s presentation, each speaker is

responsible for providing the equipment

to run the visual aid.

Nancy Mohr Kennedy,

Executive Director.

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