[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 126 (Friday, June 29, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 38771]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-16016]


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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, Department of 
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(e) 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. 13/346,999 titled 
``Chirped-Pulse Terahertz Spectroscopy for Broadband Trace Gas 
Sensing,'' NIST Docket No. 11-016 to TerBAT Inc., having a place of 
business at 2400 Trade Centre Ave, Longmont, CO 80503. The grant of the 
license would be for the field of use of medical diagnostic devices and 
environmental/industrial monitoring devices.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cathy Cohn, National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, Technology Partnerships Office, 100 Bureau 
Drive, Stop 2200, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, (301) 975-6691, 
[email protected].

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 fifteen 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. 13/346,999 is co-owned by the U.S. 
government, as represented by the Secretary of Commerce and the 
University of Massachusetts Amherst. The invention comprises Terahertz 
spectroscopy methods that are fast and have excellent spectral 
resolution and that do not require background correction of the 
instrument response without sample are disclosed. In one instance, the 
methods include phase coherent chirp pulse generation and phase 
coherent detection.

    Dated: June 25, 2012.
Willie E. May,
Associate Director for Laboratory Programs.
[FR Doc. 2012-16016 Filed 6-28-12; 8:45 am]
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