[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 186 (Tuesday, September 24, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50005-50006]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-24391]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Great Lakes Chemical Corporation

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 Great Lakes 
Chemical Corporation of West Lafayette, Indiana,

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an exclusive license to practice the invention described in U.S. Patent 
No. 5,032,657, entitled ``Polymerizable 2(2-Hydroxynaphthyl) 2H-
Benzotriazole Compounds'' which relates to polymerizable compounds 
effective as UV light stabilizers and absorbers. The invention is owned 
by the United States of America, as represented by the Department of 
Energy (DOE).

DATES: Written comments or nonexclusive license applications are to be 
received at the address listed below no later than November 25, 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: Colette C. Muenzen, 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-
0343.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 35 U.S.C. 209(c) provides the Department 
with authority to grant 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 CFR 
404) require that the necessary determinations be made after public 
notice and opportunity for filing written objections.
    Great Lakes Chemical Corporation, of West Lafayette, Indiana, has 
applied for an exclusive license to practice the invention embodied in 
U.S. Patent No. 5,032,657, and has a plan for commercialization of the 
invention. The patent is entitled ``Polymerizable 2(2-Hydroxynaphthyl) 
2H-Benzotriazole Compounds,'' useful for synthesizing polymerizable 
compounds effective as UV light stabilizers and absorbers.
    The exclusive license will be subject to a license and other rights 
retained by the U.S. Government, and other terms, conditions and 
restrictions 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.
    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 September 17, 1996.
Eric J. Fygi,
Deputy General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 96-24391 Filed 9-23-96; 8:45 am]
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