[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 147 (Tuesday, July 30, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39670-39672]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-19338]


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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[Notice 96-088]


Government-Owned Inventions, Available for Licensing

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

ACTION: Notice of availability of inventions for licensing.

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SUMMARY: The inventions listed below are assigned to the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration, have been filed in the United 
States Patent and Trademark Office, and are available for licensing.
    Copies of patent applications cited are available from the Office 
of Patent Counsel, Langley Research Center, Mail Code 212, Hampton, VA 
23681. Claims are deleted from the patent applications to avoid 
premature disclosure.

DATES: July 30, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Office of Patent Counsel, Mail Code 
212, Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA 23681; telephone (804) 864-
9260, fax (804) 864-9190.

NASA Case No. LAR-15058-1: Vapor Generator Wand;
NASA Case No. LAR-15059-1: Digital Mammography With A Mosaic of CCD-
Arrays;
NASA Case No. LAR-15062-1: Multi-Channel Electronically Scanned 
Cryogenic Pressure Sensor;
NASA Case No. LAR-15068-1: Electrically Conductive Polyimide Film 
Containing Gold (III) Ions;
NASA Case No. LAR-15069-1: Low Power Impressed Current Cathodic 
Protection of Metal;
NASA Case No. LAR-15088-2: Spiral Microstrip Antenna With Resistance;
NASA Case No. LAR-15094-1: Concept for A Ringless Carbon-Carbon Piston 
in Internal Combustion Engines;
NASA Case No. LAR-15105-1: Ho: Tm: LuAG-A New Laser Material
NASA Case No. LAR-15112-1-CU: Micro-Sensor Thin-Film Anemometer;
NASA Case No. LAR-15114-1-CU: Dry Powder Process for Preparing Uni-

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Tape Prepreg From Polymer Coated Filamentary Towpregs;
NASA Case No. LAR-15128-1: Method for Fabricating Composites Structures 
Including Continuous Press Forming and Pultrusion Processing;
NASA Case No. LAR-15138-1: Piexoelectric Loudspeaker and Transducer;
NASA Case No. LAR-15175-2: Phenylethynyl Terminated Imide Oligomers 
(Divisional of-1);
NASA Case No. LAR-15176-1-CU: Imide Oligomers Endcapped With 
Phenylethynyl Phthalic Anhydrides and Polymers Therefrom;
NASA Case No. LAR-15205-1-CU: Tough, Soluble, Aromatic, Thermoplastic 
Copolyimides;
NASA Case No. LAR-15205-2: Process for Preparing Tough, Soluble, 
Thermoplastic Copolyimides (Continuation of-1);
NASA Case No. LAR-15208-1: A Unique Copolyimide Backbone for Imide 
Oligomers With Terminal Reactive Groups;
NASA Case No. LAR-15211-1: Beat Frequency Ultrasonic Microsphere 
Contrast Agent Detection System;
NASA Case No. LAR-15212-1-CU: Test Fixture for Determination of Energy 
Absorbing Capabilities of Composite Materials;
NASA Case No. LAR-15217-1: Molding of Complex Part Utilizing Modified 
Silicone Rubber Tooling;
NASA Case No. LAR-15229-2-CU: Poly (Arylene Ether Co-Imidazole)s as 
Toughness Modifiers for Epoxy Resins (Continuation of-1);
NASA Case No. LAR-15231-1-SB: Flux-Focusing Eddy Current Probe and 
Rotating Probe Method for Flaw Detection;
NASA Case No. LAR-15246-1: Base Passive Porosity for Drag Reduction;
NASA Case No. LAR-15248-1-CU: Vacuum Microextruder and Method;
NASA Case No. LAR-15251-1: Process for Controlling Morphology & 
Improving Thermal-Mechanical Performance of High Performance Polymer 
Networks;
NASA Case No. LAR-15251-3/4/6: Freeze Drying for Morphological Control 
of Interpenetrating Polymer Networks;
NASA Case No. LAR-15515-1-CU: Two-Stage Gas Measurement System;
NASA Case No. LAR-15258-1: Linewidth Reduction Method Using the 
Vertical 2nd-Order Emission from Semiconductor Lasers With 2nd-Order 
Gratings;
NASA Case No. LAR-15259-2-CU: Composite Prepreg Consolidation Device;
NASA Case No. LAR-15266-1-CU: Surface Acoustic Wave Oxygen Pressure 
Sensor;
NASA Case No. LAR-15272-1-CU: Reflective Self-Metallizing Polyimide 
Films Containing Silver Acetate;
NASA Case No. LAR-15275-1: Ho:Tm:LuLiF4 A New Laser Material;
NASA Case No. LAR-15279-1: Thermally Stable, Piezoelectric and 
Pyroelectric Polymeric Substrates and Method Relating Thereto;
NASA Case No. LAR-15289-1: Three-Dimensional Object Tracking System & 
Meth Employing Plural Sensors/Processors for Performing Parallel 
Processing;
NASA Case No. LAR-15297-1: Simultaneous Luminescence Pressure and 
Temperature Mapping System;
NASA Case No. LAR-15313-1-SB: Augmented Shock Wave Fracture/Severance 
of Materials;
NASA Case No. LAR-15316-2-CU: Nonaqueous Slip Casting of High Temp 
Ceramic Superconductors Using an Investment Casting Technique;
NASA Case No. LAR-15330-1-SB: Radially Focused Eddy Current Sensor for 
Characterization of Flaws in Metallic Tubing;
NASA Case No. LAR-15332-1: Copolyimides Prepared from ODA, APB and 
BPDA;
NASA Case No. LAR-15338-1: Small Vacuum Compatible Hyperthermal Atom 
Generator;
NASA Case No. LAR-15348-1: Thin-Layer Composite-Unimorph Piezoelectric 
Driver and Sensor, ``THUNDER'';
NASA Case No. LAR-15351-1-CU: Catalyst for Formaldehyde Oxidation;
NASA Case No. LAR-15362-1: Automatic Force Balance Calibration System;
NASA Case No. LAR-15373-1: Shock-Free Supersonic Elliptic Nozzles/Meth 
of Forming Design Proc/Shock Free Elliptic Nozzles;
NASA Case No. LAR-15387-1: Process for Preparing an Ultra-Thin, 
Adhesiveless, Multi-Layered, Patterned Polymer Substrate;
NASA Case No. LAR-15406-1: Noninvasive Meth/Apparatus for Monitoring 
Intracranial Pressure & Pressure Vols Index in Humans;
NASA Case No. LAR-15411-1-CU: Process and Apparatus for Applying Powder 
Particles to a Filamentary Material;
NASA Case No. LAR-15412-1: Imide Oligomers and Co-Oligomers Containing 
Pendent Phenylethynyl Groups and Polymers Therefrom;
NASA Case No. LAR-15415-1: Forward Sweep Low Noise Rotor Blade;
NASA Case No. LAR-15053-1: Schlieren System and Method for Moving 
Objects;
NASA Case No. LAR-15052-1: Electrically Conductive Polyimides 
Containing Silver Trifluoroacetylacetonate;
NASA Case No. LAR-15046-2: Eddy Current Method for Fatigue Testing;
NASA Case No. LAR-15007-1: A Method to Prevent Fiber Distortion in 
Textile Materials;
NASA Case No. LAR-14997-2: Optical Flameout Detector;
NASA Case No. LAR-14965-2-CU: Acetylene and Phenylacetylene Terminated 
Poly (Arylene Ether Benzimidazole)s;
NASA Case No. LAR-14964-1-CU: Design of Electrically Conductive, 
Thermally Insulating Current Leads for Cryogenic Applications, etc.;
NASA Case No. LAR-14939-2-CU: Poly (N-Arylene-benzimidazole)s Via 
Aromatic Nucleophilic Displacement;
NASA Case No. LAR-14898-1: Composite Sandwich Structure and Method for 
Making Same;
NASA Case No. LAR-14896-2: Polyazomethines Containing 
Trifluoromethylbenzene Units;
NASA Case No. LAR-14892-2: Composite Prepreg Material and Method for 
Production of Improved Composite Material;
NASA Case No. LAR-14879-1-CU: Apparatus and Method for Determining the 
Mass Density of a Filament;
NASA Case No. LAR-14775-2: Apparatus for Elevated Temperature 
Compression or Tension Testing of Composite Specimens;
NASA Case No. LAR-14640-2-CU: Ian Iterferometer Having Fused Optical 
Fibers, and Apparatus and Method using the Interferometer;
NASA Case No. LAR-14621-2: Method for Ultrasonic Imaging and Device for 
Performing the Method;
NASA Case No. LAR-14559-2: Method and Apparatus for Thermographically 
and Quantitatively Analyzing a Structure for Disbonds and/or 
Inclusions;
NASA Case No. LAR-14581-2MSB: Method and Apparatus for Evaluating 
Multilayer Objects for Imperfections;
NASA Case No. LAR-14448-2-SB: Multi-Layer Light-Weight Protective

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Coating and Method for Application;
NASA Case No. LAR-14240-1: Vacuum Holding Fixture for Fabricating 
Piezoelectric Acoustic Sensors;
NASA Case No. LAR-14047-3: Method and Apparatus for Three-Dimensional 
Braiding;
NASA Case No. LAR-13950-2: IBM Printer Port Interface;
NASA Case No. LAR-13922-1: Apparatus for Use in Determining Surface 
Conductivity at Microwave Frequencies;
NASA Case No. LAR-13890-1: Capacitive Acoustic Wave Detector and Method 
of Making Same;

    Dated: July 22, 1996.
Edward A. Frankle,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 96-19338 Filed 7-29-96; 8:45 am]
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