[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 210 (Tuesday, October 30, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 65673]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-26674]


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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(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. 61/625,511 titled 
``UV-Assisted Alcohol Sensing with Zinc Oxide Functionalized Gallium 
Nitride Nanowires,'' NIST Docket No. 12-020 to the University of 
Maryland, having a place of business at 0133 Cole Student Activities 
Building, College Park MD 20742-1001. The grant of the license would be 
for all fields of use.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Terry Lynch, National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, Technology Partnerships Office, 100 Bureau 
Drive, Stop 2200, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, (301) 975-2691, 
[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. 61/625,511 is co-owned by the U.S. 
government, as represented by the Secretary of Commerce, George 
Washington University and the University of Maryland. Alcohol sensors 
using gallium nitride (GaN) nanowires (NWs) functionalized with zinc 
oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles have been demonstrated. These sensors operate 
at room temperature, are fully recoverable and demonstrate a response 
and recovery time of the order of 100 s. The sensing is assisted by UV 
light within the 215 nm-400 nm band and with the intensity of 375 nW/
cm2 measured at 365 nm. The ability to functionalize an inactive 
nanowire surface, with analyte specific active metal oxide 
nanoparticles makes this sensor technique suitable for fabricating 
multi-analyte sensor arrays.

    Dated: October 23, 2012.
Willie E. May,
Associate Director for Laboratory Programs.
[FR Doc. 2012-26674 Filed 10-29-12; 8:45 am]
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