[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 125 (Thursday, June 27, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33494-33496]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-16439]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Navy


Notice of Government-Owned Inventions; Availability for Licensing

SUMMARY: The inventions listed below are assigned to the United States 
Government as represented by the Secretary of the Navy and are made 
available for licensing by the Department of the Navy.
    Copies of patents cited are available from the Commissioner of 
Patents and Trademarks, Washington, D.C. 20231, for $3.00 each. 
Requests for copies of patents must include the patent number.
    Copies of patent applications cited are available from the National 
Technical Information Service (NTIS), Springfield, Virginia 22161 for 
$6.95 each ($10.95 outside North American Continent). Requests for 
copies of patent applications must include the patent application 
serial number. Claims are deleted from the copies of patent 
applications sold to avoid premature disclosure.
    Patent 5,343,742: FLOATING PLATFORM TOW POST; filed 28 September 
1993; patented 6 September 1994.// Patent 5,388,926: COMPOSITE COUPLING 
FOR TOWED ARRAYS; filed 22 February 1993; patented 14 February 1995.// 
Patent 5,437,190: METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE EFFECTS OF STRESS; filed 
29 May 1991; patented 1 August 1995.// Patent 5,445,040: CAGING SYSTEM; 
filed 20 May 1994; patented 29 August 1995.// Patent 5,454,048: 
APPARATUS FOR MULTIPLEXED IMAGING USING OPTICALLY-GENERATED KRONECKER 
PRODUCTS; filed 6 November 1992; patented 26 September 1995.// Patent 
5,456,122: CABLE LOAD TRANSDUCER; filed 13 October 1994; patented 10 
October 1995.// Patent 5,456,200: RUDDER FOR REDUCED CAVITATION; filed 
21 April 1995; patented 10 October 1995.// Patent 5,456,207: SYNTHESIS 
OF TRIISOPROPYLINDIUM. DIISOPROPYLTELLURIDE ADDUCT AND USE FOR 
SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; filed 16 May 1994; patented 10 October 1995.// 
Patent 5,456,427: AIR-LAUNCHABLE GLIDING SONOBUOY; filed 25 July 1994; 
patented 10 October 1995.// Patent 5,457,688: SIGNAL PROCESSOR HAVING 
MULTIPLE PARALLELED DATA ACQUISITION CHANNELS AND AN ARBITRATION UNIT 
FOR EXTRACTING FORMATTED DATA THEREFROM FOR TRANSMISSION; filed 7 May 
1993; patented 10 October 1995.// Patent 5,457,702: CHECK BIT CODE 
CIRCUIT FOR SIMULTANEOUS SINGLE BIT ERROR CORRECTION AND BURST ERROR 
DETECTION; filed 5 November 1993; patented 10 October 1995.// Patent 
5,458,149: MULTI-STAGE FLUID FLOW CONTROL DEVICE; filed 30 June 1994; 
patented 17 October 1995.// Patent 5,458,770: OIL/COOLANT SEPARATOR; 
filed 31 March 1994; patented 17 October 1995.// Patent 5,459,321: 
LASER HARDENED BACKSIDE ILLUMINATED OPTICAL DETECTOR; filed 26 December 
1990; patented 17 October 1995.// Patent 5,461,926: SINGLE-ENDED 
OPTICAL FIBER STRAIN SENSOR FOR MEASURING MAXIMUM STRAIN; filed 30 June 
1994; patented 31 October 1995.// Patent 5,461,927: OPTICAL FIBER 
STRAIN SENSOR FOR MEASURING MAXIMUM STRAIN; filed 30 June 1994; 
patented 31 October 1995.// Patent 5,462,000: NON-TURBULENT PULL DOWN 
EYE FOR BUOYANT TEST VEHICLE; filed 21 December 1994; patented 31 
October 1995.// Patent 5,463,334: ARBITRARY WAVEFORM GENERATOR; filed 2 
February 1995; patented 31 October 1995.// Patent 5,463,396: ECM FOR 
LONG-RANGE RADARS; filed 16 April 1980; patented 31 October 1995.// 
Patent 5,463,399: MTI USING A POLYPHASE CODE; filed 28 January 1983; 
patented 31 October 1995.// Patent 5,464,161: SOLID WASTE PULPER; filed 
30 September 1994; patented 7 November 1995.// Patent 5,464,321: MARINE 
PROPELLER; filed 24 November 1978; patented 7 November 1995.// Patent 
5,466,537: INTERMETALLIC THERMAL SENSOR; filed 12 April 1993; patented 
14 November 1995.// Patent 5,468,674: METHOD FOR FORMING LOW AND HIGH 
MINORITY CARRIER LIFETIME LAYERS IN A SINGLE SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE; 
filed 8 June 1994; patented 21 November 1995.// Patent 5,468,913: 
ELECTRO-OPTICAL COAXIAL TOW CABLE; filed 9 February 1995; patented 21 
November 1995.// Patent 5,469,374: AUTOMATIC DATA SEGMENTATION MODULE 
FOR TARGET MOTION ANALYSIS APPLICATIONS; filed 23 June 1993; patented 
21 November 1995.// Patent 5,470,232: RECONFIGURABLE

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AIRCRAFT STICK CONTROL AND METHOD FOR CONNECTING AND REMOVING STICK 
CONTROL FROM AIRCRAFT SIMULATOR; filed 29 September 1993; patented 28 
November 1995.// Patent 5,471,182: BROADBAND PRESSURE BARRIER FOR 
CIRCULAR WAVEGUIDE; filed 8 August 1994; patented 28 November 1995.// 
Patent 5,471,433: SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RAPIDLY TRACKING HIGHLY DYNAMIC 
VEHICLES; filed 18 October 1994; patented 28 November 1995.// Patent 
5,471,434: SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RAPIDLY TRACKING VEHICLES OF SPECIAL 
UTILITY IN LOW SIGNAL-TO-NOISE ENVIRONMENTS; filed 18 October 1994; 
patented 28 November 1995.// Patent 5,471,634: NETWORK FILE SERVER WITH 
AUTOMATIC SENSING MEANS; filed 29 March 1994; patented 28 November 
1995.// Patent 5,472,069: VIBRATION DAMPING DEVICE; filed 27 October 
1993; patented 5 December 1995.// Patent 5,472,112: QUICK-POUR 
CONTAINER; filed 31 October 1994; patented 5 December 1995.// Patent 
5,472,519: CONDUCTING POLYMER THERMOELECTRIC MATERIAL AND PROCESS OF 
MAKING SAME; filed 30 May 1995; patented 5 December 1995.// Patent 
5,472,742: METHOD FOR ACTIVATING CARBON FIBER SURFACES; filed 28 
September 1994; patented 5 December 1995.// Patent 5,472,787: ANTI-
REFLECTION AND ANTI-OXIDATION COATINGS FOR DIAMOND; filed 11 August 
1992; patented 5 December 1995.// Patent 5,472,807: ALUMINUM-
FERRICYANIDE BATTERY; filed 30 November 1993; patented 5 December 
1995.// Patent 5,473,116: QUICK CHANGE ANTI-CORONA CONNECTOR; filed 31 
March 1994; patented 5 December 1995.// Patent 5,473,340: APPARATUS FOR 
DISPLAYING A MULTI-COLOR PATTERN; filed 27 September 1990; patented 5 
December 1995.// Patent 5,473,472: NIGHT VISION GOGGLE FOCUSING AID; 
filed 14 February 1994; patented 5 December 1995.// Patent 5,473,578: 
SONAR AND CALIBRATION UTILIZING NON-LINEAR ACOUSTIC RERADIATION; filed 
14 March 1994; patented 5 December 1995.// Patent 5,473,718: FIBER 
OPTIC LOOSE TUBE BUFFER TO FAN-OUT TUBE ADAPTER SYSTEM; filed 20 
September 1994; patented 5 December 1995.// Patent 5,473,728: TRAINING 
OF HOMOSCEDASTIC HIDDEN MARKOV MODELS FOR AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNITION; 
filed 24 February 1993; patented 5 December 1995.// Patent 5,473,952: 
BENTHIC FLUX SAMPLING DEVICE; filed 22 March 1994; patented 12 December 
1995.// Patent 5,474,454: OWN SHIP SENSOR SYSTEM SIMULATOR; filed 10 
February 1994; patented 12 December 1995.// Patent 5,474,499: FLEXIBLE 
DRIVE SHAFT COUPLING; filed 12 July 1993; patented 12 December 1995.// 
Patent 5,474,632: METHOD OF MAKING A LATTICE CORE SANDWICH 
CONSTRUCTION; filed 19 July 1994; patented 12 December 1995.// Patent 
5,475,651: METHOD FOR REAL-TIME EXTRACTION OF OCEAN BOTTOM PROPERTIES; 
filed 18 October 1994; patented 12 December 1995.// Patent 5,475,802: 
SELECTIVE POLYGON MAP DISPLAY METHOD; filed 12 May 1994; patented 12 
December 1995.// Patent 5,476,239: GYRO PLATFORM ASSEMBLY WITH A 
SPINNING VEHICLE; filed 19 April 1994; patented 19 December 1995.// 
Patent 5,476,401: COMPACT WATER JET PROPULSION SYSTEM FOR A MARINE 
VEHICLE; filed 30 September 1994; patented 19 December 1995.// Patent 
5,476,552: SURFACE PREPARATION FOR BONDING TITANIUM; filed 25 January 
1995; patented 19 December 1995.// Patent 5,477,504: BALANCED, DOUBLE-
SIDED CALIBRATION CIRCUIT FOR SENSOR ELEMENT AND DIFFERENTIAL 
PREAMPLIFIER; filed 7 October 1994; patented 19 December 1995.// Patent 
5,477,544: MULTI-PORT TESTER INTERFACE; filed 10 February 1994; 
patented 19 December 1995.// Patent 5,477,733: PROJECTILE RECOVERY 
DEVICE; filed 9 February 1995; patented 26 December 1995.// Patent 
5,477,803: TORPEDO TUBE AND SLIDE VALVE GRATES; filed 30 June 1994; 
patented 26 December 1995.// Patent 5,478,058: SHOCK ISOLATION METHOD 
AND APPARATUS; filed 2 May 1994; patented 26 December 1995.// Patent 
5,481,505: TRACKING SYSTEM AND METHOD; filed 15 May 1995; patented 2 
January 1996.// Patent 5,483,839: MULTI-PITOT TUBE ASSEMBLY; filed 8 
December 1994; patented 16 January 1996.// Patent 5,484,027: ICE 
PENETRATING HOT POINT; filed 1 July 1987; patented 16 January 1996.// 
Patent 5,485,392; MANUAL SOLDERING PROCESS MONITORING SYSTEM; filed 12 
September 1994; patented 16 January 1996.// Patent 5,485,834: MANUALLY 
TUNABLE, CLOSED-CIRCUIT UNDER-WATER BREATHING APPARATUS; filed 10 
August 1994; patented 23 January 1996.// Patent 5,487,351: CONTROL 
SURFACE FOR UNDERWATER VEHICLE; filed 13 January 1995; patented 30 
January 1996.// Patent 5,488,336: BROADBAND WAVEGUIDE PRESSURE WINDOW; 
filed 8 August 1994; patented 30 January 1996.// Patent 5,488,589: 
NEURAL NETWORK BASED THREE DIMENSIONAL OCEAN MODELER; filed 18 October 
1994; patented 30 January 1996.// Patent application 08/003,999: TIME 
GRATED IMAGING THROUGH SCATTERING MATERIAL USING POLARIZATION AND 
STIMULATED RAMAN AMPLIFICATION; filed 15 January 1993.// Patent 
application 08/303,809: MAPPED MEMORY INTERFACE FOR COMMUNICATIONS 
BETWEEN MULTIPLE COMPUTERS; filed 9 September 1994.// Patent 
application 08/304,960: REACTIVE OXYGEN-ASSISTED ION IMPLANTATION INTO 
METALS AND PRODUCTS MADE THEREFROM; filed 13 September 1994.// Patent 
application 08/353,853: CONTACT MANAGEMENT MODEL ASSESSMENT SYSTEM FOR 
CONTACT TRACKING IN THE PRESENCE OF MODEL UNCERTAINTY AND NOISE; filed 
9 December 1994.// Patent application 08/368,821: CONTINUOUSLY TUNABLE 
UV Ce: LISAF SOLID STATE LASER; filed 5 January 1995.// Patent 
application 08/374,474: LOWER BANDGAP, LOWER RESISTIVITY, SILICON 
CARBIDE HETEROEPITAXIAL MATERIAL, AND METHOD BY MAKING SAME; filed 17 
January 1995.// Patent application 08/379,380: LIGHTWEIGHT ZINC 
ELECTRODE; filed 26 January 1995.// Patent application 08/381,243: 
OPTICALLY PUMPED, PRASEODYMIUM BASED SOLID STATE LASER; filed 31 
January 1995.// Patent application 08/382,306: FLIPPER ENERGY SOURCE; 
filed 25 January 1995.// Patent application 08/391,971: ANNULAR GMR-
BASED MEMORY ELEMENT; filed 21 February 1995.// Patent application 08/
395,321: HIGH RESOLUTION ENCODING CIRCUIT AND PROCESS FOR ANALOG TO 
DIGITAL CONVERSION; filed 28 February 1995.// Patent application 08/
396,292: ALKALINE EARTH MODIFIED GERMANIUM SULFIDE GLASS; filed 28 
February 1995.// Patent application 08/396,950: VARIABLE RESISTANCE, 
LIQUID-COOLED LOAD BANK; filed 1 March 1995.// Patent application 08/
398,848: HIGH TEMPERATURE COPOLYMERS FROM INORGANIC-ORGANIC HYBRID 
POLYMERS AND MULTI-ETHYNYLBENZENES; filed 3 March 1995.// Patent 
application 08/402,783: USE OF LIPID LIPOSOMES AS CARRIERS FOR DELIVERY 
OF ORAL VACCINES; filed 13 March 1995.// Patent application 08/414,824: 
COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM USING

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A SHARPLY BANDLIMITED KEYING WAVEFORM; filed 31 March 1995.// Patent 
application 08/414,885: MILLING MACHINE EXTENSION; filed 31 March 
1995.// Patent application 08/416,113: SELECTIVE VAPOR DEPOSITION USING 
FILMS CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION; filed 4 April 1995.// 
Patent application 08/420,536: INDUCTIVE DETECTOR FOR TIME-OF-FLIGHT 
MASS SPECTROMETERS; filed 12 April 1995.// Patent application 08/
422,102: SIDEWALL PASSIVATION BY OXIDATION DURING REFRACTORY-METAL 
PLASMA ETCHING; filed 14 April 1995.// Patent application 08/422,103: 
RAPID ASSAY FOR DETECTION OF ENDOTOXINS CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED 
APPLICATION; filed 14 April 1995.// Patent application 08/428,454: 
PHOTOACTIVATABLE POLYMERS FOR PRODUCING PATTERNED BIOMOLECULAR 
ASSEMBLIES; filed 25 April 1995.// Patent application 08/430,953: 
SOLID-STATE BLUE LASER SOURCE; filed 28 March 1995.// Patent 
application 08/430,956: HYBRID THERMAL-DEFOCUSING/ NONLINEAR-SCATTERING 
BROADBAND OPTICAL LIMITER FOR THE PROTECTION OF EYES AND SENSORS; filed 
28 April 1994.// Patent application 08/437,763: SILOXANE UNSATURATED 
HYDRO-CARBON BASED THERMOSETTING POLYMERS; filed 9 May 1995.// Patent 
application 08/443,912: SUBMARINE ANTENNA POSITIONING ASSEMBLY; filed 
22 May 1995.// Patent application 08/449,474: ENHANCED ADAPTIVE 
STATISTICAL FILTER PROVIDING SPARSE DATA STOCHASTIC MENSURATION FOR 
RESIDUAL ERRORS TO IMPROVE PERFORMANCE FOR TARGET MOTION ANALYSIS NOISE 
DISCRIMINATION; filed 25 May 1995.// Patent application 08/449,475: 
ENHANCED ADAPTIVE STATISTICAL FILTER PROVIDING IMPROVED PERFORMANCE FOR 
TARGET MOTION ANALYSIS NOISE DISCRIMINATION; filed 25 May 1995.// 
Patent application 08/449,581: PACKAGE-INTERFACE THERMAL SWITCH; filed 
24 May 1995.// Patent application 08/450,214: DEPLOYABLE HYDROPHONE; 
filed 25 May 1995.// Patent application 08/450,215: CONTINUOUSLY 
WRAPPED FIBER OPTIC TOWED ARRAY; filed 25 May 1995.// Patent 
application 08/454,982: PRODUCTION OF STRUCTURES BY ELECTROSTATICALLY-
FOCUSED DEPOSITION; filed 31 May 1995.// Patent application 08/489,663: 
MULTIPLE, PARALLEL, SPATIAL PHASE MEASUREMENT; filed 12 June 1995.// 
Patent application 08/489,920: FERROELECTRIC AND ELECTRO-CLINIC LIQUID 
CRYSTAL MATERIALS WITH SUB-AMBIENT TEMPERATURE STABILITY, BROAD 
OPERATION RANGE, AND FAST DYNAMIC RESPONSE; filed 13 June 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. R.J. Erickson, Staff Patent 
Attorney, Office of Naval Research (Code OOCC), Arlington, Virginia 
22217-5660, Telephone (703) 696-4001.

    Dated: June 19, 1966.
M.A. Waters,
LCDR, JAGC, USN, Federal Register Liaison Officer.
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