[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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