[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 107 (Monday, June 5, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 29581]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-13678]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Molecular Structure Corporation

AGENCY: Office of the General Counsel, Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of intent to grant exclusive patent license.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of an intent to grant to Molecular 
Structure Corporation, of The Woodlands, Texas, an exclusive license to 
practice the invention described in U.S. Patent No. 4,953,191, entitled 
``High Intensity X-Ray Source Using Liquid Gallium.'' The invention is 
owned by the United States of America, as represented by the Department 
of Energy (DOE). The proposed license will be exclusive, subject to a 
license and other rights retained by the U.S. Government, and other 
terms and conditions to be negotiated. DOE intends to grant the 
license, upon a final determination in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 
Sec. 209(c), unless within 60 days of this notice the Assistant General 
Counsel for Technology Transfer and Intellectual Property, Department 
of Energy, Washington, D.C. 20585, receives in writing any of the 
following, together with supporting documents:
    (i) A statement from any person setting forth reasons why it would 
not be in the best interests of the United States to grant the proposed 
license; or
    (ii) An application for a nonexclusive license to the invention, in 
which applicant states that he already has brought the invention to 
practical application or is likely to bring the invention to practical 
application expeditiously.

DATES: Written comments or nonexclusive license applications are to be 
received at the address listed below no later than August 4, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Office of Assistant General Counsel for Technology Transfer 
and Intellectual Property, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence 
Avenue SW., Washington, D.C. 20585.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert J. Marchick, Office of the 
Assistant General Counsel for Technology Transfer and Intellectual 
Property, U.S. Department of Energy, Forrestal Building, Room 6F-067, 
1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, D.C. 20585; Telephone (202) 
586-4792.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 35 U.S.C. 209(c) provides the Department 
with authority to grant exclusive or partially exclusive licenses in 
Department-owned inventions, where a determination can be made, among 
other things, that the desired practical application of the invention 
has not been achieved, or is not likely expeditiously to be achieved, 
under a nonexclusive license. The statute and implementing regulations 
(37 CFR 404) require that the necessary determinations be made after 
public notice and opportunity for filing written objections.
    Molecular Structure Corporation, of The Woodlands, Texas, has 
applied for an exclusive license to practice the invention embodied in 
U.S. Patent No. 4,953,191, and has a plan for commercialization of the 
invention.
    The proposed license will be exclusive as deemed appropriate, 
subject to a license and other rights retained by the U.S. Government, 
and subject to a negotiated royalty. The Department will review all 
timely written responses to this notice, and will grant the license if, 
after expiration of the 60-day notice period, and after consideration 
of any written responses to this notice, a determination is made, in 
accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(c), that the license grant is in the 
public interest.

    Issued in Washington, D.C., on May 30, 1995.
Agnes P. Dover,
Deputy General Counsel for Technology Transfer and Procurement.
[FR Doc. 95-13678 Filed 6-2-95; 8:45 am]
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