[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 234 (Wednesday, December 6, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62392-62393]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-29695]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and Technology


Government Owned Inventions Available for Licensing

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Government Owned Inventions Available for Licensing.

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SUMMARY: The inventions listed below are owned by the U.S. Government, 
as represented by the Department of Commerce, and are available for 
licensing in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 207 and 37 CFR Part 404 to 
achieve expeditious commercialization of results of federally funded 
research and development.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Technical and licensing information on 
these inventions may be obtained by writing to: Marcia Salkeld, 
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Office of Technology 
Partnerships, Physics Building, Room B-256, Gaithersburg, MD 20899; Fax 
301-869-2751. Any request for information should include the NIST 
Docket No. and Title for the relevant invention as indicated below.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The inventions available for licensing are:

NIST Docket No. 93-044

    Title: Anti-Ferromagnetically Coupled Double-Layer Magnetic Force 
Microscope Probe.
    Description: The magnetic force microscope probe of this invention 
features two magnetic layers separated by a nonmagnetic layer. The 
magnetic layers are preferably of different thicknesses and are 
strongly anti-ferromagnetically coupled. This configuration provides 
uniform magnetization and small stray magnetic fields.

NIST Docket No. 93-064

    Title: Atomic Force Microscope Using Piezoelectric Detection.
    Description: This atomic force microscope, using piezoelectric 
detection, determines surface properties of insulator and conductor 
samples without the snap-in related errors common to cantilever probe 
mounts.

NIST Docket No. 94-009

    Title: Coupling Apparatus for Multimode Infrared Detectors.
    Description: NIST researchers have invented an optical coupling 
device that is useful in infrared (IR) laboratory instrumentation and 
industrial process control. The invention combines two existing IR 
optical coupling devices in such a way as to overcome their individual 
deficiencies.

NIST Docket No. 94-039

    Title: Infrared Neutral-Density Filter Having Copper Alloy Film.
    Description: The infrared neutral-density optical filter of this 
invention has a film consisting essentially of copper and nickel, 
preferably using the alloy Constantan, on a dielectric substrate. The 
filter achieves a high optical density with a low spectral variation.

NIST Docket No. 95-011

    Title: Non-Destructive Method for Determining the Extent of Cure of 
a Polymerizing Material and the Solidification of a Thermoplastic 
Polymer Based on Wavelength Shift of Fluorescence.
    Description: This NIST invention uses the change in the peak 
fluorescence wavelength of a small amount of a fluorescent compound, a 
fluorophore, 

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which has been dissolved in a polymerizing material or a thermoplastic 
polymer to determine non-destructively the extent of cure or 
solidification, respectively. Fluorophores can also be immobilized on 
the surface of the optic fiber probe window in lieu of being added to 
the polymerizing material. The invention also identifies a new class of 
suitable fluorophores.

    Dated: November 30, 1995.
Samuel Kramer,
Associate Director.
[FR Doc. 95-29695 Filed 12-5-95; 8:45 am]
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