[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 80 (Tuesday, April 27, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22600-22603]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-10532]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Navy
Availability of Government-Owned Inventions for Licensing
AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DOD.
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ACTION: Notice.
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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, DC 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, VA 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.
The following patents and patent applications are available for
licensing:
Patent 5,745,284: SOLID-STATE LASER SOURCE OF TUNABLE NARROW-
BANDWIDTH ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; filed 1 May 1996; patented 28 April
1998.//Patent 5,757,358: METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCING COMPUTER-
USER SELECTION OF COMPUTER-DISPLAYED OBJECTS THROUGH DYNAMIC SELECTION
AREA AND CONSTANT VISUAL FEEDBACK; filed 5 June 1995; patented 26 May
1998.//Patent 5,757,867: DIGITAL MIXING TO BASEBAND DECIMATION FILTER;
filed 30 March 1995; patented 26 May 1998.//Patent 5,760,722:
DISTRIBUTED QUANTIZATION NOISE TRANSMISSION ZEROS IN CASCADED SIGMA-
DELTA MODULATORS; filed 31 January 1995; patented 2 June 1998.//Patent
5,762,611: EVALUATION OF A SUBJECT`S INTEREST IN EDUCATION, TRAINING
AND OTHER MATERIALS USING BRAIN ACTIVITY PATTERNS; filed 12 November
1996; patented 9 June 1998.//Patent 5,764,677: LASER DIODE POWER
COMBINER; filed 14 December 1995; patented 9 June 1998.//Patent
5,770,815: AMMUNITION CARTRIDGE WITH REDUCED PROPELLANT CHARGE; filed
14 August 1995; patented 23 June 1998.//Patent 5,774,690: METHOD FOR
OPTIMIZATION OF ELEMENT PLACEMENT IN A THINNED ARRAY; filed 14
September 1995; patented 30 June 1998.//Patent 5,776,861: HIGH
TEMPERATURE MERCURY-CONTAINING SUPERCONDUCTORS AND METHOD OF MAKING THE
SAME; filed 28 April 1995; patented 7 July 1998.//Patent 5,777,400:
SHIELDED COMPUTER NETWORK SWITCH; filed 22 July 1996; patented 7 July
1998.//Patent 5,777,456: NICAD DEEP CYCLE CHARGING/DISCHARGING SYSTEM;
filed 30 September 1996; patented 7 July 1998.//Patent 5,777,477:
METHOD OF MAGNETIC SOURCE LOCALIZATION USING GRADIENT TENSOR COMPONENTS
AND RATE TENSOR COMPONENTS; filed 3 June 1996; patented 7 July 1998.//
Patent 5,777,897: METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING THE ROTATIONAL SPEED OF COOLING
FANS; filed 26 November 1996; patented 7 July 1998.//Patent 5,777,948:
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREFORMING MUTATIONS IN A GENETIC ALGORITHM-
BASED UNDERWATER TARGET TRACKING SYSTEM; filed 12 November 1996;
patented 7 July 1998.//Patent 5,777,949: TRAJECTORY MATCHED PASSIVE
DETECTION SYSTEM; filed 23 January 1997; patented 7 July 1998.//Patent
5,778,002: MULTIPLEXING/DEMULTIPLEXING SYSTEM FOR ASYNCHRONOUS HIGH AND
LOW-SPEED DATA; filed 13 August 1997; patented 7 July 1998.//Patent
5,778,125: OPTICAL FIBER TERMINATIONS; filed 30 October 1996; patented
7 July 1998.//Patent 5,778,725: ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR TESTING AN
UNDERWATER GUN; filed 7 November 1996; patented 14 July 1998.//Patent
5,778,876: SELF-CONTAINED OXYGEN REBREATHER WITH SEMI-PERMEABLE
MEMBRANE TO VENT EXCESS HELIUM; filed 11 February 1997; patented 14
July 1998.//Patent 5,779,757: PROCESS FOR REMOVING HYDROGEN AND CARBON
IMPURITIES FROM GLASSES BY ADDING A TELLURIUM HALIDE; filed 26 June
1996; patented 14 July 1998.//Patent 5,780,178: SCANDIA, YTTRIA-
STABILIZED ZIRCONIA FOR ULTRA-HIGH TEMPERATURE THERMAL BARRIER
COATINGS; filed 31 October 1996; patented 14 July 1998.//Patent
5,780,729: FUEL DELIVERY SYSTEM; filed 24 July 1996; patented 14 July
1998.//Patent 5,780,769: THERMAL STABILIZATION OF N.N-DINITRAMIDE
SALTS; filed 26 August 1996; patented 14 July 1998.//Patent 5,781,298:
LIGHT MIXING TECHNIQUE FOR ISOLATION AND AMPLIFICATION OF LASER SIGNAL
FROM BACKGROUND NOISE DUE TO SCATTERING IN TURBID MEDIA; filed 26
November 1996; patented 14 July 1998.//Patent 5,781,460: SYSTEM AND
METHOD OF CHAOTIC SIGNAL IDENTIFICATION; filed 28 June 1996; patented
14 July 1998.//Patent 5,781,504: SHALLOW WATER BEAMFORMING METHODOLOGY
FOR TOROIDAL VOLUME SEARCH SONAR; filed 5 June 1997; patented 14 July
1998.//Patent 5,781,505: SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOCATING A TRAJECTORY
AND A SOURCE OF A PROJECTILE; filed 14 October 1997; patented 14 July
1998.//Patent 5,781,506: METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FREQUENCY FILTERING
USING AN ELASTIC FLUID-FILLED CYLINDER; filed 29 May 1997; patented 14
July 1998.//Patent 5,781,508: OPTIMIZING THE COMPRESSIONAL WAVE ENERGY
RESPONSE OF AN ELASTIC FLUID-FILLED CYLINDER; filed 29 May 1997;
patented 14 July 1998.//Patent 5,781,509: WIDE BEAM ARRAY WITH SHARP
CUTOFF; filed 28 May 1996; patented 14 July 1998.//Patent 5,783,441:
GENE AND PROTEIN APPLICABLE TO THE PREPARATION OF VACCINES FOR
RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII AND RICKETTSIA TYPHI AND THE DETECTION OF BOTH;
filed 20 December 1993; patented 21 July 1998.//Patent 5,783,732: 2:2
MIXED FLUORO-, AND FLUORONITROALKYL ORTHOCARBONATES; filed 30 March
1981; patented 21 July 1998.//Patent 5,784,067: SOFTWARE OBJECT FOR
PROVIDING A DISPLAY OF A SCROLLING REAL-TIME GRAPH AND WHICH PROVIDES
FOR INSERTION AND UP-DATING OF PLOTS OF REAL TIME DATA INTO THE
DISPLAY; filed 22 July 1996; patented 21 July 1998.//Patent 5,784,297:
MODEL IDENTIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF ERROR STRUCTURES IN SIGNAL
PROCESSING; filed 13 January 1997; patented 21 July 1998.//Patent
5,784,337: TOWED ARRAY WITH NON-ACOUSTIC SENSOR MODULE; filed 21
January 1997; patented 21 July 1998.//Patent 5,785,591: MOBILE SAFETY
STRUCTURE WITH SEPARATE COMPARTMENTS FOR CONTAINMENT AND HANDLING OF
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; filed 7 January 1997; patented 28 July 1998.//
Patent 5,786,287: IR TRANSMITTING RARE EARTH GALLOGERMANATE GLASS-
CERAMICS; filed 15 November 1996; patented 28 July 1998.//Patent
5,786,545: UNMANNED UNDERSEA VEHICLE WITH KEEL-MOUNTED PAYLOAD
DEPLOYMENT SYSTEM; filed 11 October 1995; patented 28 July 1998.//
Patent 5,786,750: PILOT VEHICLE WHICH IS USEFUL FOR MONITORING
HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS ON RAILROAD TRACKS; filed 21 February 1997;
patented 28 July 1998.//Patent 5,786,919: DATA MULTIPLEXING NODE FOR
LINE ARRAY; filed 5 September 1996;
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patented 28 July 1998.//Patent 5,787,048: SHIP WAKE SIGNATURE
SUPPRESSION; filed 6 May 1997; patented 28 July 1998.//Patent
5,787,053: CONTINUOUS FIBER PULSE REFLECTING MEANS; filed 7 July 1989;
patented 28 July 1998.//Patent 5,787,201: HIGH ORDER FRACTAL FEATURE
EXTRACTION FOR CLASSIFICATION OF OBJECTS IN IMAGES; filed 9 April 1996;
patented 28 July 1998.//Patent 5,787,408: SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR
DETERMINING NODE FUNCTIONALITY IN ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS; filed 23
August 1996; patented 28 July 1998.//Patent 5,788,222: DEVICE FOR
INSERTING A LINEAR ARRAY MODULE INTO LONG SMALL DIAMETER PRESSURE
VESSELS; filed 24 July 1996; patented 4 August 1998.//Patent 5,789,696:
METHOD FOR LAUNCHING PROJECTILES WITH HYDROGEN GAS; filed 14 August
1997; patented 4 August 1998.//Patent 5,789,931: QUANTITATIVE MOBILITY
SPECTRUM ANALYSIS FOR MAGNETIC FIELD DEPENDENT HALL AND RESISTIVITY
DATA; filed 4 October 1995; patented 4 August 1998.// Patent 5,790,758:
NEURAL NETWORK ARCHITECTURE FOR GAUSSIAN COMPONENTS OF A MIXTURE
DENSITY FUNCTION; filed 7 July 1995; patented 4 August 1998.//Patent
5,790,896: APPARATUS FOR A TESTING SYSTEM WITH A PLURALITY OF FIRST
CONNECTION HAVING A STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTIC AND A PLURALITY OF SECOND
CONNECTION HAVING A DIFFERENT STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTIC THAN THE FIRST
CONNECTION; filed 24 June 1996; patented 4 August 1998.//Patent
5,791,275: SURFACE LAYER COMPRISING MICROFABRICATED TILES FOR
ELECTROMAGNETIC CONTROL OF FLUID TURBULENCE IN SEA WATER; filed 14 June
1996; patented 11 August 1998.//Patent 5,791,591: TARGET SEEKING FREE
GYRO; filed 28 April 1997; patented 11 August 1998.//Patent 5,792,351:
SPINNING FILTER SEPARATION SYSTEM FOR OIL SPILL CLEAN-UP OPERATION;
filed 26 September 1996; patented 11 August 1998.//Patent 5,792,950:
SUBMARINE DEPLOYED SEA-STATE SENSOR; filed 16 January 1996; patented 11
August 1998.//Patent 5,792,978: BARGE STRIKE EXPLOSIVE CLEARANCE
SYSTEM; filed 27 May 1997; patented 11 August 1998.//Patent 5,793,667:
SENSE AMPLIFIER CONTROL SYSTEM FOR FERROELECTRIC MEMORIES; 18 October
1996; patented 11 August 1998.//Patent 5,795,159: MERCURY REMOVAL
METHOD AND APPARATUS; filed 2 February 1996; patented 18 August 1998.//
Patent 5,795,813: RADIATION-HARDENING OF SOI BY ION IMPLANTATION INTO
THE BURIED OXIDE LAYER; filed 31 May 1996; patented 18 August 1998.//
Patent 5,797,342: SUBMERSIBLE DEVICE LAUNCHER; filed 10 July 1997;
patented 25 August 1998.// Patent 5,797,965: SUPPRESSION OF
EPILEPTIFORM ACTIVITY; filed 26 March 1997; patented 25 August 1998.//
Patent 5,798,540: ELECTRONIC DEVICES WITH INALASSB/ ALSB BARRIER; filed
29 April 1997; patented 25 August 1998.//Patent 5,799,026: INTERBAND
QUANTUM WELL CASCADE LASER, WITH A BLOCKING QUANTUM WELL FOR IMPROVED
QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; filed 1 November 1996; patented 25 August 1998.//
Patent 5,800,459: ELECTRIC FIELD CONTROL OF EPILEPTIFORM ACTIVITY;
filed 24 December 1996; patented 1 September 1998.//Patent 5,800,536:
PASSIVE PIEZOELECTRIC PROSTHESIS FOR THE INNER EAR; filed 9 May 1997.//
Patent 5,800,720: SPINNING FILTER SEPARATION SYSTEM FOR OIL SPILL
CLEAN-UP OPERATION; filed 10 October 1997; patented 1 September 1998.//
Patent 5,800,879: DEPOSITION OF HIGH QUALITY DIAMOND FILM ON REFRACTORY
NITRIDE; filed 16 May 1991; patented 1 September 1998.//Patent
5,800,934: ZINC OXIDE STABILIZED ZIRCONIA; filed 27 February 1997;
patented 1 September 1998.//Patent 5,801,321: LOW COST ENVIRONMENTALLY
FRIENDLY FLARE; filed 24 June 1997; patented 1 September 1998.//Patent
5,804,321: DIAMOND BRAZED TO A METAL; filed 30 July 1993; patented 8
September 1998.// Patent 5,804,475: METHOD OF FORMING AN INTERBAND
LATERAL RESONANT TUNNELING TRANSISTOR; filed 19 June 1996; patented 8
September 1998.//Patent 5,804,715: HYDRODYNAMIC DAMPENING SYSTEM FOR
THE PRECISE MEASUREMENT OF DYNAMIC SEDIMENT PORE WATER PRESSURE; filed
24 December 1996; patented 8 September 1998.//Patent 5,804,967:
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING SHORT PULSES FOR NMR AND NQR
PROCESSING; filed 15 November 1996; patented 8 September 1998.//Patent
5,805,326: OPTICAL LIMITER STRUCTURE AND METHOD; filed 6 May 1994;
patented 8 September 1998.//Patent 5,805,526: ECHO DETECTION DOPPLER
GATE; filed 6 August 1970; patented 8 September 1998.//Patent
5,805,753: OPTICAL FIBERS WITH HIGH ACCELERATION SENSITIVITY AND LOW
PRESSURE SENSITIVITY; filed 25 September 1996; patented 8 September
1998.//Patent 5,806,457: SUBMERSIBLE VEHICLE HULL PORTION HAVING
INTEGRALLY FORMED FLUID TANK; filed 17 January 1997; patented 15
September 1998.//Patent 5,807,758: CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SENSOR USING
AN ULTRA-SENSITIVE FORCE TRANSDUCER; filed 21 July 1995; patented 15
September 1998.//Patent 5,807,953: THERMOSTET POLYMERS FROM INORGANIC
ARYLACETYLENIC MONOMERS; filed 26 July 1996; patented 15 September
1998.//Patent 5,807,967: FLUOROALIPHATIC CYANATE RESINS FOR LOW
DIELECTRIC APPLICATIONS; filed 21 March 1996; patented 15 September
1998.//Patent 5,808,965: LABORATORY TEST METHOD TO MEASURE TOWED ARRAY
HYDROPHONE RESPONSE; filed 23 May 1997; patented 15 September 1998.//
Patent 5,808,970: MULTI-LAYER ACOUSTICALLY TRANSPARENT SONAR ARRAY;
filed 5 June 1997; patented 15 September 1998.//Patent 5,809,998:
INSULATION JACKET FOR BREATHING GAS DEVICE; filed 8 August 1996;
patented 22 September 1998.//Patent 5,811,726: EXPLOSIVE COMPOSITIONS;
filed 28 February 1996; patented 22 September 1998.//Patent 5,811,822:
OPTICALLY TRANSPARENT, OPTICALLY STIMULABLE GLASS COMPOSITES FOR
RADIATION DOSIMETRY; filed 29 April 1997; patented 22 September 1998.//
Patent 5,812,292: OPTICAL CORRELATOR USING OPTICAL DELAY LOOPS; filed
27 November 1995; patented 22 September 1998.//Patent 5,812,494: WIDE-
ANGLE, FORWARD-LOOKING BATHYMETRIC MAPPING; filed 2 June 1997; patented
22 September 1998.//Patent 5,812,758: SYSTEM LEVEL AID FOR
TROUBLESHOOTING (SLAT); filed 9 November 1995; patented 22 September
1998.//Patent 5,813,279: SYSTEM FOR POSITIONING BORESIGHT CALIBRATION
TOOLS; filed 29 July 1997; patented 29 September 1998.//Patent
5,814,250: METHOD OF PROTECTING A STRUCTURE; filed 18 September 1996;
patented 29 September 1998.//Patent 5,814,816: SYSTEM FOR MONITORING
SURFACE STRESS AND OTHER CONDITIONS IN STRUCTURES; filed 27 August
1996; patented 29 September 1998.//Patent 5,814,942: METHOD AND
APPARATUS FOR GENERATING HIGH-DENSITY SHEET PLASMA MIRRORS USING A
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SLOTTED-TUBE CATHODE CONFIGURATION; filed 28 March 1997; patented 29
September 1998.//Patent 5,815,465: METHOD AND APPARATUS OF CLASSIFYING
MARINE SEDIMENT; filed 11 April 1997; patented 29 September 1998.//
Patent 5,824,910: MINIATURE HYDROSTAT FABRICATED USING MULTIPLE
MICROELECTROMECHANICAL PROCESSES; filed 16 April 1997; patented 20
October 1998.//Patent 5,831,724: IMAGING LIDAR-BASED AIM VERIFICATION
METHOD AND SYSTEM; filed 22 July 1997; patented 3 November 1998.//
Patent application 08/591,188: BUBBLE PRESSURE GENERATING SYSTEM; filed
21 December 1995.//Patent application 08/774,063: BRIGHT BEAM METHOD
FOR SUPER-RESOLUTION IN E-BEAM LITHOGRAPHY; filed 23 December 1996.//
Patent application 08/798,683: SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING SIZE AND LOCATION
OF DEFECTS IN MATERIAL BY USE OF MICROWAVE RADIATION; filed 12 February
1997.//Patent application 08/816,337: PATTERNING ANTIBODIES ON A
SURFACE; filed 13 March 1997.//Patent application 08/885,132:
ADJUSTABLE BEARING SYSTEM WITH SELECTIVELY OPTIMIZED INSTALLATIONAL
CLEARANCES; filed 30 June 1997.//Patent application 08/976,126: PLASMA
ANTENNA; filed 29 September 1997.//Patent application 09/061,256:
CHELATORS EXHIBITING TRIPLE FLUORESCENCE; filed 31 August 1998.//Patent
application 09/090,162: METAL OXIDE DISCHARGE LAMP; filed 4 June 1998./
/Patent application 09/090,223: FLUID PUMP AND EXPANDABLE ENERGY
STORAGE DEVICE; filed 22 May 1998.//Patent application 09/090,326:
CAPTIVE SOFT FOAM SHOCK BASE MOUNT; filed 22 May 1998.//Patent
application 09/090,327: ELASTOMERIC SURFACE ACTUATION SYSTEM; filed 22
May 1998.//Patent application 09/113,010: RADIO FREQUENCY
COMMUNICATIONS FOR UNDERWATER VEHICLE; filed 26 June 1998.//Patent
application 09/113,011: AUTOMATED METHOD OF FREQUENCY DETERMINATION IN
SOFTWARE METRIC DATA THROUGH THE USE OF THE MULTIPLE SIGNAL
CLASSIFICATION (MUSIC) ALGORITHM; filed 26 June 1998.//Patent
application 09/114,248: SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ALIGNMENT OF STOWAGE DRUM
AND CAPSTAN IN A SEAGOING VESSEL; filed 6 July 1998.//Patent
application 09/120,874: BALLAST SYSTEM FOR UNDERWATER VEHICLE; filed 14
July 1998.//Patent application 09/124,010: INTEGRAL SHIP-WEAPON MODULE;
filed 29 July 1998.//Patent application 09/126,386: MOVING MAP COMPOSER
(MMC); filed 30 July 1998.//Patent application 09/126,711:
SYNCHRONIZING AUTONOMOUS CHAOTIC SYSTEMS USING FILTERS; filed 31 July
1998.//Patent application 09/131,844: SPINNING FOCAL PLANE ARRAY CAMERA
PARTICULARLY SUITED FOR REAL TIME PATTERN RECOGNITION; filed 30 July
1998.//Patent application 09/136,975: ENERGETIC TRANSMISSION LINE
COMPLETION/INTERRUPTION MECHANISM; filed 20 August 1998.//Patent
application 09/137,083: ELECTRONIC DEVICES WITH BARRIER FILM AND
PROCESS FOR MAKING SAME; filed 20 August 1998.//Patent application 09/
137,084: ELECTRONIC DEVICES WITH BARIUM BARRIER FILM AND PROCESS FOR
MAKING SAME; filed 20 August 1998.//Patent application 09/137/085:
ELECTRONIC DEVICES WITH STRONTIUM BARRIER FILM AND PROCESS FOR MAKING
SAME; filed 20 August 1998.//Patent application 09/137,086: ELECTRONIC
DEVICES WITH CESIUM BARRIER FILM AND PROCESS FOR MAKING SAME; filed 20
August 1998.//Patent application 09/137,087: ELECTRONIC DEVICES WITH
RUBIDIUM BARRIER FILM AND PROCESS FOR MAKING SAME; filed 20 August
1998.//Patent application 09/137,088: ELECTRONIC DEVICES WITH COMPOSITE
ATOMIC BARRIER FILM AND PROCESS FOR MAKING SAME; filed 10 August 1998./
/Patent application 09/137,089: PROCESS FOR MAKING A SEMICONDUCTOR
DEVICE WITH BARRIER FILM FORMATION USING A METAL HALIDE AND PRODUCTS
THEREOF; filed 20 August 1998.//Patent application 09/137,419: PROCESS
FOR PREPARING COMPOSITE WARHEAD CASINGS AND PROJECT; filed 20 August
1998.//Patent application 09/140,738: BOOSTER CIRCUIT FOR FOLDBACK
CURRENT LIMITED POWER SUPPLIES; filed 27 August 1998.//Patent
application 09/140,740: LEAK TEST ADAPTER SYSTEM; filed 27 August
1998.//Patent application 09/144,105: COATED CATHODOLUMINESCENT
PHOSPHORS; filed 31 August 1998.// Patent application 09/153,416:
DEPLOYED EQUIPMENT MODULES FOR SATELLITE ARCHITECTURE IMPROVEMENT;
filed 24 August 1998.//Patent application 09/156,382: AIR-SAFED
MECHANICAL WATER ACTUATOR; filed 18 September 1998.//Patent application
09/156,383: PASSIVE RANGING USING INFERIOR MIRAGES; filed 18 September
1998.//Patent application 09/159,566: QUASI-STATIC FIBER PRESSURE
SENSOR; filed 24 September 1998.//
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. John G. Wynn, Staff Patent
Attorney, Office of Naval Research (Code 00CC), Arlington, VA 22217-
5660, telephone (703) 696-4004.
(Authority: 35 U.S.C. 207; 37 CFR Part 404)
Dated: April 19, 1999.
Pamela A. Holden,
Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Navy,
Federal Register Liaison Officer.
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