[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 243 (Tuesday, December 20, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-31237]


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[Federal Register: December 20, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 

Prospective Grant of Exclusive Patent

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 invention embodied in U.S. Patent Application 08/189,709, 
titled, ``A Method and Composition For Promoting Improved Adhesion To 
Substrates'' to the American Dental Association Health Foundation, 
having a place of business in Chicago, Illinois. This invention was co-
developed by the employees of the American Dental Association Health 
Foundation and NIST. The inventors' respective patent rights in this 
invention have been assigned to the American Dental Association Health 
Foundation and 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 Application 08/189,709 is directed to methods and 
compostions for the improvement of adhesive bonding of acrylic resins 
to substrates found in industrial, natural and dental environments, 
such as those involved in dental restorations and for protective 
sealants.
    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 the invention for licensing was published in 
the Federal Register, Vol. 59, No. 218 (November 14, 1994). A copy of 
the patent application may be obtained from NIST at the foregoing 
address.

    Dated: December 14, 1994.
Samuel Kramer,
Associate Director.
[FR Doc. 94-31237 Filed 12-19-94; 8:45 am]
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