[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 79 (Tuesday, April 23, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17884-17885]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-9943]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

PLD Advanced Automatic Systems, 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 PLD Advanced 
Automation Systems, Inc., of Rockledge, Florida, an exclusive license 
to practice the invention described in U.S. Patent No.. 4,942,339, 
entitled ``Intense, Steady State, Electron Beam Generator.'' 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. 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 has already 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 June 24, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Office of Assistant General Counsel for Technology Transfer 
and Intellectual Property, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence 
Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 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 6F-067, 1000 
Independence Avenue, Washington, D.C. 20585; Telephone (202) 586-4792.


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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 35 U.S.C. 309(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.
    PLD Advanced Automation Systems, Inc., of Rockledge, Florida, has 
applied for an exclusive license to practice the invention embodied in 
U.S. Patent No. 4,942,339, and has a plan for commercialization of the 
invention.
    The proposed license will be exclusive as defined above, 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 
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 April 16, 1996.
Agnes P. Dover,
Deputy General Counsel for Technology Transfer and Procurement.
[FR Doc. 96-9943 Filed 4-22-96; 8:45 am]
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