[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 199 (Friday, October 15, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63443-63444]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-26072]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


Prospective Grant of Exclusive Patent License

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of prospective grant of exclusive patent license.

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SUMMARY: This is a notice in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(c)(1) and 37 
CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i) that the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology (``NIST''), U.S. Department of Commerce, is contemplating 
the grant of an exclusive license in the United States of America, its 
territories, possessions and commonwealths, to NIST's interest in the 
invention embodied in U.S. Patent Application No. 12/820,218, titled 
``Magnetic Connectors For Microfluidic Applications,'' NIST Docket No. 
09-020 to SFC Fluidics, LLC, having a place of business at 534 W. 
Research Center Blvd. Suite 260, Fayetteville, AR 72701. The grant of 
the license would be for the field of use: Magnetic Connectors For 
Microfluidic Applications.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: J. Terry Lynch, National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, Technology Partnerships Office, 100 Bureau 
Drive, Stop 2200, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, Phone 301-975-2691.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The prospective exclusive license will be 
royalty bearing and will comply with the terms and conditions of 35 
U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7. The prospective exclusive license may be 
granted unless, within thirty days from the date of this published 
Notice, NIST receives written evidence and argument which 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.
    U.S. Patent Application No. 12/820,218 is owned by the U.S. 
government, as represented by the Secretary of Commerce. The invention 
comprises a first magnetic connector with at least one orifice 
extending therethrough and a second magnetic connector. The first and 
second connectors are configured to magnetically attract each other. In 
one aspect, the first magnetic connector is configured to sealingly 
engage a surface of a microfluidic chip with the second magnetic 
connector disposed on an opposite side of the microfluidic chip. The 
first magnetic connector is configured to seal with the microfluidic 
chip about a channel opening in the microfluidic chip and provide flow 
communication between the channel opening and the orifice in the first 
magnetic connector. In at least one other aspect, the first magnetic 
connector and second magnetic connector each have at least one orifice 
and are configured to change a flow communication there between upon a 
rotation of the first or

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second magnetic connector with respect to the other magnetic connector.

Harry S. Hertz.
Director, Baldrige Performance Excellence Program.
[FR Doc. 2010-26072 Filed 10-14-10; 8:45 am]
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