[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 134 (Thursday, July 12, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41202-41203]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-17016]


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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[Notice 12-055]


Notice of Intent to Co-Exclusive License.

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

ACTION: Notice of Intent to Grant Co-Exclusive License.

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SUMMARY: This notice is issued in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(e) and 
37 CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i). NASA hereby gives notice of its intent to grant 
a co-exclusive license in the United States to practice the invention 
described and claimed in MFS-31303-1 Generalized Fluid Systems 
Simulation Program (GFSSP) Version 2.01, U.S. Patent No. 6,748,349 and 
MFS-32125-1 Method and Apparatus For Predicting Unsteady Pressure And 
Flow Rate Distribution In A Fluid Network Version 4, U.S. Patent No. 
7,542,885, to MODE Technology Group, having its principal place of 
business in Denver, CO. The fields of use shall mean commercial off-
the-shelf software products targeted to end users. The patent rights in 
these inventions as applicable have been assigned to the United States 
of America as represented by the Administrator of the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration. The prospective partially 
exclusive license will comply with the terms and conditions of 35 
U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7.

DATES: The prospective exclusive [or partially exclusive if applicable] 
license may be granted unless, within fifteen (15) days from the date 
of this published notice, NASA receives written objections including 
evidence and argument that 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. Competing applications completed and received by NASA within 
fifteen (15) days of the date of this published notice will also be 
treated as objections to the grant of the contemplated exclusive 
license.

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    Objections submitted in response to this notice will not be made 
available to the public for inspection and, to the extent permitted by 
law, will not be released under the Freedom of Information Act, 5 
U.S.C. 552.

ADDRESSES: Objections relating to the prospective license may be 
submitted to Mr. James J. McGroary, Chief Patent Counsel/LS01, Marshall 
Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL 35812, Telephone: (256) 544-0013; 
Facsimile: (256) 544-0258.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Sammy A. Nabors, Technology 
Transfer Office/ZP30, Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL 
35812, Telephone: (256) 544-5226; Facsimile: (256) 544-0258. 
Information about other NASA inventions available for licensing can be 
found online at http://technology.nasa.gov.

Sumara M. Thompson-King,
Acting Deputy General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2012-17016 Filed 7-11-12; 8:45 am]
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