[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 249 (Friday, December 28, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67236-67237]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-31921]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


National Energy Technology Laboratory; Notice of Intent To Grant 
Exclusive Patent License

AGENCY: Department of Energy (DOE), National Energy Technology 
Laboratory (NETL).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of an intent to grant to Woodward 
Industrial Controls of Fort Collins, Colorado, an exclusive license to 
practice the inventions described in U.S. patent applications titled, 
``Real-Time Combustion Controls and Diagnostics Sensors'' and 
``Flashback Detection Sensor for Lean Premix Fuel Nozzles.'' The 
inventions are owned by the United States of America, as represented by 
the Department of Energy (DOE). The proposed license will be exclusive, 
subject to a license and other rights retained by the U.S. Government, 
and other terms and conditions to be negotiated.
    DOE intends to grant the license, upon a final determination in 
accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(c), unless within 15 days of publication 
of this Notice the Technology Transfer Manager, Department of Energy, 
National Energy Technology Laboratory, P.O. Box 880, Morgantown, WV 
26507-0880, receives in writing any of the following, together with the 
supporting documents:
    (i) A statement from any person setting forth reasons why it would 
not be in the best interest of the United States to grant the proposed 
license; or
    (ii) An application for a nonexclusive license to the invention, in 
which applicant states that it already has brought the invention to 
practical application or is likely to bring the invention to practical 
application expeditiously.

DATES: Written comments or nonexclusive license applications are to be 
received at the address listed below no later than fifteen (15) days 
after the date of this published Notice.

ADDRESSES: Technology Transfer Manager, U.S. Department of Energy, 
National Energy Technology Laboratory, P.O. Box 880, Morgantown, WV 
26507-0880.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Diane Newlon, Technology Transfer 
Manager, U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology 
Laboratory, P.O. Box 880, Morgantown, WV 26507-0880; Telephone (304) 
285-4065.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 35 U.S.C. 209(c) provides the Department 
with authority to grant exclusive or partially exclusive licenses in 
Department-owned inventions, where a determination can be made, among 
other things, that the desired practical application of the invention 
has not been achieved, or is not likely expeditiously to be achieved, 
under a nonexclusive license. The statute and implementing regulations 
(37 CFR part 404) require that the necessary determinations be made 
after public notice and opportunity for filing written objections.
    Woodward Industrial Controls of Fort Collins, Colorado, has applied 
for an exclusive license to practice the inventions and has a plan for 
commercialization of the inventions.
    The proposed license will be exclusive, subject to a license and 
other rights retained by the U.S. Government, and subject to a 
negotiated royalty. The Department will review all timely written 
responses to this notice, and will grant the license if, after 
expiration of the 15-day notice period, and after consideration of 
written responses to this notice, a determination is made, in 
accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(c), that the license grant is in the 
public interest.

    Issued: December 18, 2001.
Rita A. Bajura,
Director, National Energy Technology Laboratory.
[FR Doc. 01-31921 Filed 12-27-01; 8:45 am]
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