[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 93 (Monday, May 15, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 25891]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-11916]



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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 notice in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 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 an exclusive license to practice the invention embodied in 
U.S. Patent Serial Number 08/360,963, titled, ``Strut Structure and 
Rigid Joint Therefor'' to Technical Instrument Company, having a place 
of business in San Jose, California. 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 20852.

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 Serial Number 08/360,963 is a system of mechanical 
joints and clamps for assembling lightweight struts into a rigid 
structure.
    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. 60, No. 55 (60 FR 15126, March 22, 1995). A 
copy of the patent application may be obtained from NIST at the 
foregoing address.

    Dated: May 9, 1995.
Samuel Kramer,
Associate Director.
[FR Doc. 95-11916 Filed 5-12-95; 8:45 am]
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