[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 180 (Monday, September 16, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48666-48667]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-23625]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Morgantown Energy Technology Center; Notice of Inventions 
Available for Licensing

AGENCY: Department of Energy (DOE), Morgantown Energy Technology Center 
(METC).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The United States Department of Energy, Morgantown Energy 
Technology Center hereby announces that the inventions listed below are 
available for licensing in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 207-209 to achieve 
expeditious commercialization of results of federally funded research 
and development. Foreign patents rights have been retained on selected 
inventions to extend market coverage and may also be available for 
licensing. A copy of issued patents may be obtained, for a modest fee, 
from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Washington, DC 20231.

ADDRESSES: Office of Institutional Development, U.S. Department of 
Energy, Morgantown Energy Technology Center, P.O. Box 880, Morgantown, 
WV 26505.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Lisa A. Jarr, Office of Institutional 
Development, U.S. Department of Energy, Morgantown Energy Technology 
Center, P.O. Box 880, Morgantown, WV 26505; Telephone (304) 285-4555; 
E-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 35 U.S.C. 207 authorizes licensing of 
Government-owned inventions. Implementing regulations are contained in 
37 CFR Part 404. 37 CFR 404.7(a)(1) authorizes exclusive licensing of 
Government-owned inventions under certain circumstances, provided that 
notice of the invention's availability for licensing has been announced 
in the Federal Register.

                             Issued Patents                             
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            Number                               Title                  
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4,447,297....................  Combined Fluidized Bed Retort and        
                                Combustor.                              
4,451,826....................  Single Transmission Line Data Acquisition
                                System.                                 
4,465,135....................  Fire Flood Method for Recovering         
                                Petroleum From Oil Reservoirs of Low    
                                Permeability and Temperature.           
4,466,360....................  Loop-Bed Combustion Apparatus.           
4,466,747....................  Ash Level Meter for a Fixed-Bed Coal     
                                Gasifier.                               
4,475,884....................  Reversed Flow Fluidized-Bed Combustion   
                                Apparatus.                              
4,523,465....................  Wireless Remote Liquid Level Detector and
                                Indicator for Well Testing.             
4,524,796....................  Sliding-Gate Valve for Use With Abrasive 
                                Materials.                              
4,667,097....................  Compensated Vibrating Optical Fiber      
                                Pressure Measuring Device.              
4,680,585....................  Pulse-Excited, Auto-Zeroing Multiple     
                                Channel Data Transmission System.       
4,696,680....................  Method and Apparatus for the Selective   
                                Separation of Gaseous Coal Gasification 
                                Products by Pressure Swing Adsorption.  
4,769,045....................  Method for the Desulfurization of Hot    
                                Product Gases From Coal Gasifier.       
4,832,704....................  Method for Enhancing the Desulfurization 
                                of Hot Coal Gas in a Fluid-Bed Gasifier.
4,840,931....................  Method of Inducing Surface Ensembles on a
                                Metal Catalyst.                         
4,867,079....................  Combustor with Multistage Internal       
                                Vortices.                               
4,876,080....................  Hydrogen Production with Coal Using a    
                                Pulverization Device.                   
4,880,528....................  Method and Apparatus for Hydrocarbon     
                                Recovery from Tar Sands.                
4,886,521....................  Decaking of Coal or Oil Shale During     
                                Pyrolysis in the Presence of Iron       
                                Oxides.                                 
4,896,965....................  Real-Time Alkali Monitoring System.      
4,921,765....................  Combined Coal Gasifier and Fuel Cell     
                                System and Method.                      
4,926,112....................  3-D Capacitance Density Imaging System.  
4,939,376....................  Light Collection Device for Flame        
                                Emission Detectors.                     
4,955,942....................  An In-Bed Tube Bank for a Fluidized-Bed  
                                Combustor.                              
4,976,549....................  Apparatus and Method for Direct          
                                Measurement of Coal Ash Sintering and   
                                Fusion Properties at Elevated           
                                Temperatures and Pressures.             
4,976,940....................  Method of Producing H2 Using a Rotating  
                                Drum Reactor With a Pulse Jet Heat      
                                Source.                                 
4,996,483....................  Spinning Angle Optical Calibration       
                                Apparatus.                              
5,008,005....................  Integrated Coke, Asphalt and Jet Fuel    
                                Production Process and Apparatus.       
5,052,426....................  System for Pressure Letdown of Abrasive  
                                Slurries.                               
5,067,317....................  Process for Generating Electricity in a  
                                Pressurized Fluidized-Bed Combustor     
                                System.                                 
5,069,685....................  Two-Stage Coal Gasification and          
                                Desulfurization Apparatus.              
5,123,835....................  Pulse Combustor With Controllable        
                                Oscillations.                           
5,126,676....................  Gas Amplified Ionization Detector for Gas
                                Chromatography.                         
5,130,097....................  Method and Apparatus for Hot-Gas         
                                Desulfurization of Fuel Gases.          
5,139,535....................  Two-Stage Fixed-Bed Gasifier With        
                                Selectable Middle Gas Off-Take Point.   
5,144,251....................  Three-Axis Particle Impact Probe.        
5,163,385....................  Coal-Water Slurry Fuel Internal          
                                Combustion Engine and Method for        
                                Operating Same.                         

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5,163,754....................  Isolated Thermocouple Amplifier System   
                                for Stirred Fixed-Bed Gasifier.         
5,165,239....................  Water Augmented Indirectly-Fired Gas     
                                Turbine Systems and Method.             
5,170,670....................  Three Axis Velocity Probe System.        
5,177,294....................  Catalysts for Conversion of Methane to   
                                Higher Hydrocarbons.                    
5,198,002....................  Gas Stream Clean-Up Filter and Method for
                                Forming Same.                           
5,217,510....................  Apparatus for Preventing Particle        
                                Deposition From Process Streams on      
                                Optical Access Windows.                 
5,227,351....................  Sorbent for Use in Hot Gas               
                                Desulfurization.                        
5,230,716....................  Grate Assembly for Fixed-Bed Coal        
                                Gasifier.                               
5,232,673....................  Shielded Fluid Stream Injector for       
                                Particle Bed Reactor.                   
5,325,797....................  Staged Fluidized-Bed Combustion and      
                                Filter System.                          
5,337,289....................  Phased-Array Ultrasonic Surface Contour  
                                Mapping System and Method For Solids    
                                Hoppers and the Like.                   
5,348,921....................  Method For Reducing Sulfate Formation    
                                During Regeneration of Hot-Gas          
                                Desulfurization Sorbents.               
5,413,878....................  An Improved System and Method For        
                                Networking Electrochemical Devices.     
5,449,568....................  Indirect-Fired Gas Turbine Bottomed With 
                                Fuel Cell.                              
5,456,066....................  Fuel Supply System and Method For Coal-  
                                Fired Prime Mover.                      
5,494,880....................  Durable Zinc Oxide-Containing Sorbents   
                                For Coal Gas Desulfurization.           
5,541,014....................  Indirect-Fired Gas Turbine Dual Fuel Cell
                                Power Cycle.                            
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Patent Applications Filed

Down-Flow Moving-Bed Gasifier With Catalyst Recycle and Method
Durable Regenerable Sorbent Pellets For Removal of Hydrogen Sulfide 
From Coal Gas
Removal of Oxides of Nitrogen From Gases In Multi-Stage Coal Combustion
Combustor Oscillating Pressure Stabilization and Method
Reduction of Spalling In Mixed Metal Oxide Desulfurization Sorbents By 
Addition of a Large Promoter Metal Oxide

    Issued: September 3, 1996.
Thomas F. Bechtel,
Director, METC.
[FR Doc. 96-23625 Filed 9-13-96; 8:45 am]
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