[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 183 (Thursday, September 19, 1996)] [Notices] [Pages 49316-49317] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 96-24023] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Morgantown Energy Technology Center; Notice of Intent To Grant Partially Exclusive Patent License AGENCY: Department of Energy (DOE), Morgantown Energy Technology Center (METC). ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of an intent to grant to United Catalysts Incorporated of Louisville, Kentucky, a partially exclusive license to practice the invention described in U.S. Patent No. 5,494,880, titled ``Durable Zinc Oxide-Containing Sorbents for Coal-Gas Desulfurization,'' and any follow-on patents issuing from continuation applications based on this patent. This license will be limited to the manufacture and sale of pelletized sorbents. The Department may grant exclusive or partially exclusive licenses in Department-owned inventions, if it determines that the desired practical application of the invention has not been achieved, or is not likely expeditiously to be achieved, under a nonexclusive license. DATES: Written comments or nonexclusive license applications are to be received at the address listed below no later than November 18, 1996. ADDRESSES: Office of Institutional Development, U.S. Department of Energy, Morgantown Energy Technology Center, P.O. Box 880, Morgantown, WV 26505. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Lisa A. Jarr, Office of Institutional Development, U.S. Department of Energy, Morgantown Energy Technology Center, P.O. Box 880, Morgantown, WV 26505; Telephone (304) 285-4555. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: United Catalysts Incorporated of Louisville, Kentucky, has applied for a partially exclusive license to practice the invention embodied in U.S. Patent No. 5,494,880, and any follow-on patents issuing from continuation applications based on this patent, and has a plan for commercialization of the invention. The invention is owned by the United States of America, as represented by the Department of Energy (DOE). The proposed license will be partially [[Page 49317]] exclusive, i.e., limited to pelletized sorbents, subject to a license and other rights retained by the U.S. Government, and subject to other terms and conditions to be negotiated. DOE intends to grant the license, upon a final determination in accordance with 35 U.S.C. Sec. 209(c), unless within 60 days of this notice the Office of Institutional Development, Department of Energy, Morgantown Energy Technology Center receives in writing any of the following, together with the 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, for pelletized sorbents. The Department will review all timely written responses to this notice, and will grant the license if, after expiration of the 60-day notice period, and after consideration of written responses to this notice, a determination is made, in accordance with 35 U.S.C. Sec. 209(c), that the license grant is in the public interest. Issued: September 9, 1996. Thomas F. Bechtel, Director, METC. [FR Doc. 96-24023 Filed 9-18-96; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6450-01-P