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[FR Doc No: 94-20575]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army

 

Availability for Exclusive, Partially Exclusive or Nonexclusive 
Licensing of U.S. Patent Concerning the Use of a Tape Indicator System 
for In-Situ Detection and Determination of Soil Contaminants

AGENCY: U.S. Army Engineers Waterways Experiment Station, DOD.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with 37 CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i), announcement is made 
of the availability of U.S. Patent 5,246,862 for licensing. This patent 
has been assigned to the United States of America as represented by the 
Secretary of the Army, Washington, D.C.

ADDRESSES: United States Army Corps of Engineers, Waterways Experiment 
Station, ATTN: CEWES-CT-C, Vickskburg, MS 39180-6199.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ms. Ruth C. Little (601) 634-2420.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The patent covers a method and apparatus for 
in-situ detection and determination of soil contaminants. The technique 
described involves dispensing a reagent carrying tape from the end of 
the penetrometer as the penetrometer is inserted into the soil. The 
tape is captured between the soil and the outer wall of the 
penetrometer. As the penetrometer moves with respect to the soil, the 
tape is pressed against an optical window in the penetrometer. 
Contaminants in the soil reacting with the reagents cause an optically 
sensible reaction in the tape to occur which is optically detected at 
the optical port of the penetrometer as the penetrometer moves with 
respect to the tape and the surrounding soil. The construction of the 
tape allows the optically sensible reaction occurring in the tape to be 
isolated from the masking effects of the soil. The patent further 
describes a method of employing the apparatus. The apparatus described 
in the patent would be of use in the detection and quantification of 
contaminants in soil at sites suspected of having undesirable materials 
in subsurface soils or soil pore water.
    Under the authority of section 11(a)(2) of the Federal Technology 
Transfer Act of 1986 (Pub. L. 99-502) and section 207 of title 35, 
United States Code, the Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, 
Waterways Experiment Station wishes to license the above United States 
patent in an exclusive, partially exclusive or nonexclusive manner to 
any party interested in using the technology described in the above 
mentioned patents. Each interested party is requested to submit a 
proposal for an exclusive, partially exclusive or nonexclusive license. 
The proposals for using this technology will be evaluated using the 
following criteria: royalty, technical capability, size of business, 
and development plan.
Kenneth L. Denton,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 94-20575 Filed 8-22-94; 8:45 am]
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