[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 102 (Friday, May 26, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 27965]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-12994]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and Technology


Notice of Prospective Grant of Exclusive Patent License

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Commerce.

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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 following 
Countries: Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, 
Mexico, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom to 
practive the invention embodied in International Application Number 
PCT/US95/01063, 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 the 
grant of the license would not be consistent with the requirements of 
35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7.
    International Application Number PCT/US95/01063 is directed to 
methods and compositions 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: May 22, 1995.
Samuel Kramer,
Associate Director.
[FR Doc. 95-12994 Filed 5-25-95; 8:45 am]
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