[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 216 (Wednesday, November 8, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 56324]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-27692]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

CTM Tech, Inc.; Notice of Intent to Grant Exclusive Patent 
License

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of an intent to grant to CTM Tech Inc., 
of Florence South Carolina, an exclusive license to practice the 
invention described in U.S. Patent Application S.N. 843,027, entitled 
``Method and Device for Disinfecting a Toilet Bowl.'' 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.

DATES: Written comments or nonexclusive license applications are to be 
received at the address listed below no later than January 8, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Office of the Assistant General Counsel for Technology 
Transfer and Intellectual Property, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 
Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, DC 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, S.W., 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 C.F.R. 404) require that the necessary determinations be made after 
public notice and opportunity for filing written objections.
    CTM Tech Inc., of Florence, South Carolina, has applied for an 
exclusive license to practice the invention embodied in U.S. Patent 
Application S.N. 843,027, and has a plan for commercialization of the 
invention. A copy of the specification of the patent application can be 
obtained from the National Technical Information Service (NTIS), 
Springfield, Virginia 22152. DOE intends to grant the license, upon a 
final determination in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 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.
    The proposed license will be exclusive, subject to a license and 
other rights retained by the U.S. Government, and subject to a royalty 
and other terms and conditions to be negotiated. 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 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, DC, on November 3, 1995.
Agnes P. Dover,
Deputy General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 95-27692 Filed 11-7-95; 8:45 am]
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