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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and Technology

 

Inventions, Government-Owned; Availability for Licensing

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. 90-030

Title: Improved Monomers for Double Ring-Opening Polymerization with 
Expansion
Description: NIST researchers have created a new class of monomers that 
undergo double ring-opening polymerization with an expansion in volume. 
When used in resinous compositions the result is a volume neutral 
curing process at ambient temperature, and a final product that 
exhibits high adhesive strength.

NIST Docket No. 91-008D

Title: Planar Epitaxial Films of Sn02
Description: This invention provides smooth, high quality planar 
epitaxial films of tin oxide. The films are valuable for use in 
chemical sensors, optics and electronics; and the low cost fabrication 
method is well suited to large scale production.

NIST Docket No. 92-016

Title: A Chemically Assisted Process for the Machining of Ceramics
Description: A new NIST process makes the matching of ceramic materials 
more practical and cost-effective. The process uses halogenated 
hydrocarbons to machine ceramic materials. This increases the rate of 
material removal by 40-100 percent and reduces the surface roughness by 
40-60 percent.

NIST Docket No. 92-056

Title: Serial/Parallel Correlator for Words and Phrases
Description: A novel computer method allows for more efficient 
identification of misspelled words contained in large databases. The 
method is readily applicable for improving the reliability of 
``mechanical eyes'' used, for example, for sorting mail or reading 
Census Bureau forms.

NIST Docket No. 93-001

Title: Intermetallic Titanium-Aluminum-Niobium-Chromium Alloys
Description: NIST researchers have developed new alloys that possess 
superior combinations of room and high temperature mechanical 
properties. These low density titanium-aluminum-niobium-chromium alloys 
could find use in a new generation of jet turbines, in aircraft bodies, 
or as metal-matrix composites.

NIST Docket No. 93-004D

Title: Method for the Production of Predetermined Concentration Graded 
Alloys
Description: NIST researchers have designed a new process for tailoring 
extremely thin metal layers within an alloy. The process allows 
strength, conductivity, thermal expansion and other properties to be 
optimized at various levels below a material surface.

NIST Docket No. 93-026

Title: Method of Obtaining High Green Density Ceramics From Powders
Description: This invention is a novel method of preparing slurries of 
fine ceramic powders in which the ceramic particles are dispersed more 
effectively. The resulting ceramic products have higher green densities 
which makes them useful in many applications, including high 
temperature components.

    Dated: September 12, 1994.
Samuel Kramer,
Associate Director.
[FR Doc. 94-23039 Filed 9-16-94; 8:45 am]
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