[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 175 (Monday, September 11, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 47154]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-22509]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and Technology


Notice of Government Owned Inventions Available for Licensing

SUMMARY: The inventions listed below are owned by the U.S. Government, 
as represented by the Department of Commerce, and are available for 
licensing in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 207 and 37 CFR Part 404 to 
achieve expeditious commercialization of results of federally funded 
research and development.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Technical and licensing information on these inventions may be obtained 
by writing to: Marcia Salkeld, National Institute of Standards and 
Technology, Office of Technology Commercialization, Physics Building, 
Room B-256, Gaithersburg, MD 20899; Fax 301-869-2751. Any request for 
information should include the NIST Docket No. and Title for the 
relevant invention as indicated below.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The inventions available for licensing are:

NIST Docket No. 93-063

    Title: Polymeric Amorphous Calcium Phosphate Compositions.
    Description: Polymeric composites that can provide long-term 
release of calcium and phosphate ions in biological environments at 
levels conducive to the formation of hydroxyapatite have been 
developed. These composites utilize as their filler phase amorphous 
calcium phosphate, which is highly soluble and rapidly converts to 
hydroxyapatite. Such biomaterials have the potential to remineralize 
defective mineralized tissues such as bone or teeth.

NIST Docket No. 94-043

    Title: Low Cost Renewable Polishing Lap.
    Description: Researchers in the Precision Engineering Division at 
the National Institute of Standards and Technology have developed a new 
method for the fabrication of laps wherein the substrate never contacts 
the polishing media or part being polished. The invention provides the 
potential to eliminate contamination of the part and/or degradation of 
the substrate. The concept offers the potential to significantly lower 
costs in appropriate applications.

NIST Docket No. 95-023D

    Title: Methods and Electrolyte Compositions for Electrodepositing 
Chromium Coatings.
    Description: A NIST process deposits chromium plating up to 600 
microns thick. The plating process uses nontoxic trivalent chromium to 
produce a plating three to four times harder, after heating, than 
depositions using hexavalent chromium.

    Dated: September 5, 1995.
Samuel Kramer,
Associate Director.
[FR Doc. 95-22509 Filed 9-8-95; 8:45 am]
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