[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 234 (Wednesday, December 6, 1995)] [Notices] [Pages 62392-62393] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 95-29695] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Institute of Standards and Technology Government Owned Inventions Available for Licensing AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology Commerce. ACTION: Notice of Government Owned Inventions Available for Licensing. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The inventions listed below are owned by the U.S. Government, as represented by the Department of Commerce, and are available for licensing in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 207 and 37 CFR Part 404 to achieve expeditious commercialization of results of federally funded research and development. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Technical and licensing information on these inventions may be obtained by writing to: Marcia Salkeld, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Office of Technology Partnerships, Physics Building, Room B-256, Gaithersburg, MD 20899; Fax 301-869-2751. Any request for information should include the NIST Docket No. and Title for the relevant invention as indicated below. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The inventions available for licensing are: NIST Docket No. 93-044 Title: Anti-Ferromagnetically Coupled Double-Layer Magnetic Force Microscope Probe. Description: The magnetic force microscope probe of this invention features two magnetic layers separated by a nonmagnetic layer. The magnetic layers are preferably of different thicknesses and are strongly anti-ferromagnetically coupled. This configuration provides uniform magnetization and small stray magnetic fields. NIST Docket No. 93-064 Title: Atomic Force Microscope Using Piezoelectric Detection. Description: This atomic force microscope, using piezoelectric detection, determines surface properties of insulator and conductor samples without the snap-in related errors common to cantilever probe mounts. NIST Docket No. 94-009 Title: Coupling Apparatus for Multimode Infrared Detectors. Description: NIST researchers have invented an optical coupling device that is useful in infrared (IR) laboratory instrumentation and industrial process control. The invention combines two existing IR optical coupling devices in such a way as to overcome their individual deficiencies. NIST Docket No. 94-039 Title: Infrared Neutral-Density Filter Having Copper Alloy Film. Description: The infrared neutral-density optical filter of this invention has a film consisting essentially of copper and nickel, preferably using the alloy Constantan, on a dielectric substrate. The filter achieves a high optical density with a low spectral variation. NIST Docket No. 95-011 Title: Non-Destructive Method for Determining the Extent of Cure of a Polymerizing Material and the Solidification of a Thermoplastic Polymer Based on Wavelength Shift of Fluorescence. Description: This NIST invention uses the change in the peak fluorescence wavelength of a small amount of a fluorescent compound, a fluorophore, [[Page 62393]] which has been dissolved in a polymerizing material or a thermoplastic polymer to determine non-destructively the extent of cure or solidification, respectively. Fluorophores can also be immobilized on the surface of the optic fiber probe window in lieu of being added to the polymerizing material. The invention also identifies a new class of suitable fluorophores. Dated: November 30, 1995. Samuel Kramer, Associate Director. [FR Doc. 95-29695 Filed 12-5-95; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-13-M