[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 227 (Monday, November 28, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-29132]


[Federal Register: November 28, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Prospective Grant of Exclusive Patent License

    This is notice in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(c)(1) and 37 CFR 
404.7(a)(1)(i) that the National Technical Information Service (NTIS), 
U.S. Department of Commerce, is contemplating the grant of an exclusive 
license in Canada and Australia to practice the invention embodied in 
Patent Nos. 1,311,527 (Canada) and 618088 (Australia), titled 
``Electromagnetic Fire Warning System for Underground Mines,'' to VLF 
Magnetic Systems, Inc., having a place of business in Ontario, Canada. 
The patent rights in this invention have been assigned to the United 
States of America.
    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. 
While the primary purpose of this notice is to announce NTIS' intent to 
grant an exclusive license to practice the noted foreign patents, it 
also serves to publish said patents' availability for licensing in 
accordance with law. The availability of the invention for licensing 
was published as U.S. patent application, S.N. 7-201, 235, in the 
Federal Register of September 22, 1988 (Vol. 53, No. 184, p. 36875). 
The prospective exclusive license may be granted unless, within 90 days 
from the date of this published notice, NTIS receives written evidence 
and argument which establishes that the grant of the license would not 
be consistent with the requirements of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7.
    The present invention describes an electromagnetic warning system 
for miners working in underground mines wherein the warning system 
comprises: a transmitter unit for transmitting an ultra-low frequency 
signal through the strata that define the mine openings; an ultra-low 
frequency receiver unit equipped with a high permeability ferrite core 
antenna which is tuned to the frequency of the transmitter unit for 
producing a warning signal to the miners within an underground mine.
    Information concerning the above-identified invention may be 
obtained from the NTIS at the address below.
    Any inquiries and comments relating to the contemplated license 
must be submitted to Neil L. Mark, Office of Federal Patent Licensing, 
NTIS, Box 1423, Springfield, Virginia 22151. Properly field competing 
license applications received by the NTIS in response to this notice 
will be considered as objections to the grant of the contemplated 
license.
Douglas J. Campion,
Director, Office of Federal Patent Licensing.
[FR Doc. 94-29132 Filed 11-25-94; 8:45 am]
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