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[FR Doc No: 94-23602]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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Intent To Grant an Exclusive Patent License

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of Intent to Grant an Exclusive Patent License.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to 37 CFR part 404, EPA hereby gives notice of its 
intent to grant an exclusive, royalty-bearing, revocable license to 
practice the inventions described and claimed in the patents listed 
below, and all reexamined patents and reissued patents granted in 
connection with such patents, to Nalco Fuel Tech, a Delaware general 
partnership, having a principal office at Naperville, Illinois 60566.
    U.S. Patent No. 5,021,229 entitled ``Reduction of Chlorinated 
Organics in the Incineration of Wastes,'' issued June 4, 1991; and
    U.S. Patent No. 5,185,134 titled ``Reduction of Chlorinated 
Organics in the Incineration of Wastes,'' issued February 9, 1993.
    The announcement of U.S. Patent No. 5,021,229 as being available 
for licensing was made in the January 10, 1992 issue of the Federal 
Register, and the announcement of U.S. Patent No. 5,185,134 
(application serial no. 07/672,689) as being available for licensing 
was made in the March 9, 1992 issue of the Federal Register. The 
proposed exclusive license will contain appropriate terms, limitations 
and conditions to be negotiated in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209 and 
the U.S. Government Patent Licensing Regulation at 37 CFR part 404.
    EPA will negotiate the final terms and conditions and grant the 
exclusive license, unless within 60 days from the date of this Notice 
the EPA Patent Counsel receives, at the address below, written 
objections to the grant, together with supporting documentation. The 
documentation from objecting parties having an interest in practicing 
the above patents should include an application for exclusive or 
nonexclusive license with the information set forth in 37 CFR 404.8. 
The EPA Patent Counsel and other EPA officials will review all written 
responses and then recommend to the Assistant Administrator for 
Research and Development, for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 
or his designee, who has been delegated the authority to issue patent 
licenses under 35 U.S.C. 207, whether to grant the exclusive license.

DATES: Comments to this notice must be received by the EPA Patent 
Counsel at the address listed below by November 22, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Thomas Gorman, Patent Counsel, Office of General Counsel (Mail Code 
2379), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C. 20460, 
telephone (202) 260-1339.
Jean C. Nelson,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 94-23602 Filed 9-22-94; 8:45 am]
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