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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 

National Institute of Standards and Technology

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of government owned inventions available for licensing.

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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 Commercialization, 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. 90-026

    Title: Novel Multifunctional Acrylates and the Synthesis Thereof.
    Description: A new, facile synthetic technology developed at NIST 
makes available a wide range of hydrophobic and hydrophilic 
multifunctional acrylic monomers and oligomers that are not readily 
available by other synthetic processes.

NIST Docket No. 93-003

    Title: Method of Adhering Substrates.
    Description: Two substrates can be joined together by exploiting 
the natural attraction between acidic and basic molecules. A new acid-
base bonding technique developed at NIST permits strong (yet 
reversible) adhesion without substantially altering material properties 
near or across the interface.

NIST Docket No. 93-036

    Title: Method of and Articles for Accurately Determining Relative 
Positions of Lithographic Artifacts.
    Description: In the 21st century, making a 4-gigabit computer chip 
will require accurately stacking together many circuit layers with 
nanometer-scale features. To help make such devices a reality, NIST 
researchers have developed a procedure for measuring alignment flaws 
smaller than 10 nanometers.

NIST Docket No. 93-054

    Title: A Procedure for Digital Image Restoration.
    Description: A fast procedure to improve the deblurring of images 
incorporates a new type of a-priori constraint that sharply suppresses 
noise contamination, is applicable in very diverse imaging contexts and 
requires only a workstation-sized computer.

NIST Docket No. 93-060D

    Title: High Speed Amplitude Variable Thrust Control.
    Description: A new NIST invention provides a means of precisely and 
rapidly varying the thrust produced by a high pressure fluid. The 
control system uses a piezoelectric stack, displacement amplifier, and 
high pressure axial valve assembly. A microprocessor (along with the 
associated energy storage and power amplifier system) can change the 
displacement of the piezoelectric stack in as little as ten 
microseconds.

    Dated: August 9, 1994.
Samuel Kramer,
Associate Director.
[FR Doc. 94-19995 Filed 8-15-94; 8:45 am]
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