[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 2 (Wednesday, January 3, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 401]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-28388]



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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[Notice (17-091)]


Notice of Intent To Grant Partially Exclusive Term License Take 
Out This Space

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

ACTION: Notice of intent to grant partially exclusive term license.

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SUMMARY: NASA hereby gives notice of its intent to grant a partially-
exclusive term license in the United States to practice the invention 
described and claimed in U.S. Patent 6,760,487 entitled, ``Estimated 
Spectrum Adaptive Postfilter And The Iterative Prepost Filtering 
Algorithms'', and in U.S. Patent 9,414,072 entitled ``Improved 
Performance of the JPEG Estimated Spectrum Adaptive Postfilter (JPEG-
ESAP) for Low Bit Rates'' to Human Health Organization (``H2O''), 
having its principal place of business in Studio City, CA.

DATES: The prospective partially-exclusive term license may be granted 
unless NASA receives written objections, including evidence and 
argument no later than January 18, 2018, that establish that the grant 
of the license would not be consistent with the requirements regarding 
the licensing of federally owned inventions as set forth in the Bayh-
Dole Act and implementing regulations. Competing applications completed 
and received by NASA no later than January 18, 2018 will also be 
treated as objections to the grant of the contemplated partially 
exclusive license. 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.

ADDRESSES: Objections relating to the prospective license may be 
submitted to Patent Counsel, Bryan A. Geurts, Goddard Space Flight 
Center, 8800 Greenbelt Road, M/S 140.1, Greenbelt, MD 20771. Phone 
(301) 286-7351. Facsimile (301) 286-9502.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Enidia Santiago-Arce, Innovative 
Partnerships Program Office, Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 
Greenbelt Road, M/S 504, Greenbelt, MD 20771. Phone (301) 286-5810.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice of intent to grant a partially-
exclusive term patent license is issued in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 
209(e) and 37 CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i). The patent rights in these inventions 
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 
requirements of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7.
    Information about other NASA inventions available for licensing can 
be found online at http://technology.nasa.gov.

Mark P. Dvorscak,
Agency Counsel for Intellectual Property.
[FR Doc. 2017-28388 Filed 1-2-18; 8:45 am]
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