[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 229 (Tuesday, November 26, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 60118]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-30197]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation


Prospective Grant of Exclusive Patent License

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice is in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(c)(1) and 37 
CFR 404.7(a)(1)(I) that the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) is 
contemplating the granting of an exclusive license in the United States 
to practice the invention embodied in U.S. Patent No. 5,558,462, titled 
``Flat Plate Fish Screen System,'' to River Solutions, Inc., having a 
place of business in Redding, California. The patent rights in this 
invention have been assigned to the United States of America.
    The prospective exclusive license will be royalty-bearing and will 
comply with the terms and conditions of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7. 
While the primary purpose of this notice is to announce Reclamation's 
intent to grant an exclusive license to practice Patent No. 5,558,462, 
it also serves to publish the availability of this patent for licensing 
in accordance with law. The prospective license may be granted unless 
Reclamation receives written evidence and argument which establish that 
the grant of the license would not be consistent with the requirements 
of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CAR 404.7.

DATES: Written evidence and arguments against granting the prospective 
license must be received by February 24, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Inquiries, comments and other materials relating to the 
contemplated license may be submitted to Donald E. Ralston, Bureau of 
Reclamation, Research and Technology Transfer, MS-7612, 1849 C Street, 
N.W., Washington, D.C. 20240.
    A copy of the above-identified patent may be purchased from the 
NTIS Sales Desk by telephoning 1-800-553-NTIS or by writing NTIS at 
5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, VA 22161.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Donald E. Ralston at the address under the ADDRESSES caption or by 
telephone at (202) 208-5671.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The invention relates to fish screens for 
screening fish from water intakes for various installations such as 
pumps, canals and ditches, generators, water diversion structures, and 
the like. The present invention describes a fish screen device that is 
adapted to be lowered to the bottom of a body of water such as a lake, 
river, or the like and to be raised therefrom. The device includes, a 
housing unit including an upper flat wedge fish screen through which 
water passes and a discharge outlet for water passing through the fish 
screen for connection to external discharge piping. A controllable 
buoyancy arrangement, including a storage tank disposed within the 
housing unit and a compressor and control valves on shore, enables the 
housing unit, including the fish screen, to be lowered to the bottom of 
the body of water and to be raised therefrom. A pneumatic cleaning 
unit, also supplied from the compressor on shore, provides cleaning of 
the screen.
    PRoperly filed competing applications received by Reclamation in 
response to this notice will be considered as objections to the grant 
of the contemplated license.

    Dated: November 20, 1996.
Donald E. Ralston,
Liaison, Research and Technology Transfer.
[FR Doc. 96-30197 Filed 11-25-96; 8:45 am]
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