[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 24 (Thursday, February 5, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6506-6507]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-02297]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
National Energy Technology Laboratory; Notice of Intent To Grant
Partially Exclusive License
AGENCY: National Energy Technology Laboratory, Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of intent to grant partially exclusive license.
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SUMMARY: This notice is issued in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(c)(1)
and 37 CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i). The National Energy Technology Laboratory
(NETL) hereby gives notice of its intent to grant a partially exclusive
license to practice the invention described and claimed in U.S. Patent
Number 8,111,059, titled ``Electric Current Locator'' to KW Associates,
LLC., a small business having its principal place of business in
Albany, Oregon. The patent is owned by United States of America, as
represented by the Department of Energy. The prospective partially
exclusive license complies with the requirements of 35 U.S.C. 209 and
37 CFR 404.7.
DATES: Written comments, objections, or nonexclusive license
applications must be received at the address listed below no later than
February 20, 2015. 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: Comments, applications for nonexclusive licenses, or
objections relating to the prospective exclusive license should be
submitted to Jessica Sosenko, Technology Transfer Program Manager, U.S.
Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory, P.O. Box
10940, Pittsburgh, PA 15236-0940, or via facsimile to (412) 386-5920.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jessica Sosenko, Technology Transfer
Program Manager, U.S. Department of
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Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory, P.O. Box 10940,
Pittsburgh, PA 15236; Telephone (412) 386-7417; Email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 209(c) of title 35 of the United
States Code gives the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) the 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 to be achieved expeditiously, under a
nonexclusive license. The statute and implementing regulations (37 CFR
404) require that the necessary determinations be made after public
notice and opportunity for filing written comments and objections.
KW Associations, LLC, a small business, has applied for a partially
exclusive license to practice the invention and has a plan for
commercialization of the invention. 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, NETL's Technology
Transfer Manager (contact information listed above), receives in
writing any of the following, together with 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.
The proposed license will be partially exclusive, subject to a
license and other rights retained by the United States, and subject to
a negotiated royalty. The exclusive field of use is: Industrial
processes exhibiting diffuse current paths, such as specialty steel and
alloy processing, industrial microwave processing, solid state energy
systems, and other high temperature industrial processes. DOE 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 any written responses to this notice, a determination
is made in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(c) that the license is in the
public interest.
Issued: January 20, 2015.
Grace M. Bochenek,
Director, National Energy Technology Laboratory.
[FR Doc. 2015-02297 Filed 2-4-15; 8:45 am]
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