[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 244 (Wednesday, December 20, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65644-65645]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-30963]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


CTM Tech, Inc.

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

ACTION: Notice of Intent to Grant Exclusive Patent License.

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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 No. 5,137,314, entitled ``Catwalk 
Grate Lifting Tool.'' The invention is owned by the United States of 
America, as represented by the Department of Energy (DOE). The proposed 
license will be exclusive for a specified duration, 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 February 20, 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: Robert J. Marchick, Office of the Assistant 
General Counsel for Technology Transfer and Intellectual Property, U.S. 
Department of Energy, Forrestal Building, Room F-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 No. 
5,137,314, and has a plan for commercialization of the invention. A 
copy of the patent can be obtained from the U.S. Patent and Trademark 
Office, Washington, D.C. 20231. 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.

    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 

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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 December 13, 1995.
Agnes P. Dover,
Deputy General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 95-30963 Filed 12-19-95; 8:45 am]
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