[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 187 (Wednesday, September 28, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-24008]


[Federal Register: September 28, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and Technology


Prospective Grant of Exclusive Patent License

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Prospective Grant of Exclusive Patent License.

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SUMMARY: This is a notice in accordance with 35 USC 209(c)(1) and 37 
CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i) that the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology (``NIST''), U.S. Department of Commerce, is contemplating 
the grant of a field of use exclusive license in the United States to 
practice the inventions embodied in U.S. Patent 5,221,825, titled, 
``Sensing of Gas-Metal-Arc Welding Process Characteristics For Welding 
Process Control'' and U.S. Patent Application 08/065,393, titled, ``Arc 
Length And Droplet Detachment Sensor System For Gas Metal Arc Welding'' 
to Morrow Tech Industries, Inc., having a place of business in 
Northglenn, Colorado. The patent rights in this invention have been 
assigned to the United States of America.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bruce E. Mattson, National Institute 
of Standards and Technology, Technology Development and Small Business 
Program, Building 221, room B-256, Gaithersburg, MD 20899.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The prospective exclusive license will be 
royalty bearing and will comply with the terms and conditions of 35 
U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7 The prospective exclusive license may be 
granted unless, within sixty days from the date of this published 
Notice, NIST receives written evidence and argument which establish 
that the grant of the license would not be consistent with the 
requirements of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7.
    U.S. Patent 5,221,825 and U.S. Patent Application 08/065,393 relate 
to methods of sensing gas-metal-arc welding process characteristics and 
correcting flaws indicated by the detected process characteristics.
    NIST may enter into a Cooperative Research and Development 
Agreement (``CRADA'') to perform further research on the invention for 
purposes of commercialization. The CRADA may be conducted by NIST 
without any additional charge to any party that licenses the patent. 
NIST may grant the licensee an option to negotiate for royalty-free 
exclusive licenses to any jointly owned inventions which arise from the 
CRADA as well as an option to negotiate for exclusive royalty-bearing 
licenses for NIST employee inventions which arise from the CRADA.
    The availability of U.S. Patent 5,221,825 was published in the 
Federal Register, Vol. 59, No. 132 (July 12, 1994). The availability of 
U.S. Patent Application 08/065,393 was published in the Federal 
Register, Vol. 59, No. 75 (April 19, 1994). A copy of the patent and 
patent application may be obtained from NIST at the foregoing address.

    Dated: September 22, 1994.
Samuel Kramer,
Associate Director.
[FR Doc. 94-24008 Filed 9-27-94; 8:45 am]
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