[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 243 (Tuesday, December 17, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66265-66269]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-31922]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Notice of Government-Owned Inventions; Availability for Licensing

SUMMARY: The inventions listed below are assigned to the United States 
Government as represented by the Secretary of the Navy and are made 
available for licensing by the Department of the Navy. Copies of 
patents cited are available from the Commissioner of Patents and 
Trademarks, Washington, DC 20231, for $3.00 each. Requests for copies 
of patents must include the patent number. Copies of patent 
applications cited are available from the National Technical 
Information Service (NTIS), Springfield, Virginia 22161 for $6.95 each 
($10.95 outside North American Continent).
    Requests for copies of patent applications must include the patent 
application serial number. Claims are deleted from the copies of patent 
applications sold to avoid premature disclosure. The following patents 
are available for Licensing:
    Patent 5,500,315: PROCESSES AND COMPOSITIONS FOR ELECTROLESS 
METALLIZATION; filed 4 October 1994; patented 19 March 1996.//Patent 
5,504, 338: APPARATUS AND METHOD USING LOW-VOLTAGE AND/OR LOW-CURRENT 
SCANNING PROBE LITHOGRAPHY; filed 30 June 1993; patented 2 April 1996./
/Patent 5,504,714: ACOUSTIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING SYSTEM; filed 
24 February 1995; patented 2 April 1996.//Patent 5,505,158: APPARATUS 
AND METHOD FOR ACHIEVING GROWTH-ETCH DEPOSITION OF DIAMOND USING A 
CHOPPED OXYGEN-ACETYLENE FLAME; filed 4 November 1994; patented 9 April 
1996.//Patent 5,506,616: DIFFERENTIAL IMAGING FOR SENSITIVE PATTERN 
RECOGNITION; filed 8 June 1994; patented 9 April 1996.//Patent 
5,509,032: NON-ADAPTIVE AMPLITUDE-DIFFERENCE INTERFERENCE FILTER; filed
11 June 1991; patented 16 April 1996.//Patent 5,509,202: METHODS FOR 
UTILIZING HYDROSTATIC SEALING SLEEVE WIRE CONNECTIONS; filed 30 May 
1995; patented 23 April 1996.//Patent 5,510,088: LOW TEMPERATURE PLASMA 
FILM DEPOSITION USING DIELECTRIC CHAMBER AS SOURCE MATERIAL; filed 11 
June 1992; patented 23 April 1996.//Patent 5,510,627: INFRARED-TO-
VISIBLE CONVERTER; filed 29 June 1994; patented 23 April 1996.//Patent 
5,511,042: ENHANCED ADAPTIVE STATISTICAL FILTER PROVIDING

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IMPROVED PERFORMANCE FOR TARGET MOTION ANALYSIS NOISE DISCRIMINATION; 
filed 25 May 1995; patented 23 April 1996.//Patent 5,511,043: MULTIPLE 
FREQUENCY STEERABLE ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCER; filed 6 April 1995; patented 
23 April 1996.//Patent 5,511,122: INTERMEDIATE NETWORK AUTHENTICATION; 
filed 3 June 1994; patented 23 April 1996.//Patent 5,512,743: SPACE-
BASED ASTEROID DETECTION AND MONITORING SYSTEM; filed 25 January 1994; 
patented 30 April 1996.//Patent 5,513,295: FIBER OPTIC HOLDER; filed 11 
July 1995; patented 30 April 1996.//Patent 5,513,526: HYDROFOIL FORCE 
BALANCE; 20 July 1994; patented 7 May 1996.//Patent 5,513,533: 
DETECTION OF VIBRATIONAL ENERGY VIA OPTICAL INTERFERENCE PATTERNS; 
filed 15 April 1993; patented 7 May 1996.//Patent 5,513,591: UNDERWATER 
BODY AND INTAKE SCOOP; filed 7 October 1994; patented 7 May 1996.//
Patent 5,515,061: SYSTEM FOR BROADCASTING MARKER BEACON SIGNALS AND 
PROCESSING RESPONSES FROM SEEKING ENTITIES; filed 23 March 1994; 
patented 7 May 1996.//Patent 5,515,300: COHERENT SIGNAL POWER DETECTOR 
USING HIGHER-ORDER STATISTICS; filed 30 September 1993; patented 7 May 
1996.//Patent 5,515,465: FIBER OPTIC HULL PENETRATOR INSERT; filed 1 
July 1982; patented 7 May 1996.//Patent 5,515,537: REAL-TIME 
DISTRIBUTED DATA BASE LOCKING MANAGER; filed 1 June 1993; patented 7 
May 1996.//Patent 5,515,783: ELECTRONIC PRIMER IGNITION SYSTEM; filed 
15 November 1993; patented 14 May 1996.//Patent 5,516,388: SOL-GEL 
BONDING; filed 11 September 1994; patented 14 May 1996.//Patent 
5,516,462: ENHANCED CYCLE LIFETIME ELECTROCHROMIC SYSTEMS: filed 18 
March 1993; patented 14 May 1996.//Patent 5,516,662: PROCESS FOR THE 
PREPARATION OF HEADGROUP-MODIFIED PHOSPHOLIPIDS USING 
PHOSPHATIDYLHYDROXYALKA-NOLS AS INTERMEDIATES; filed 11 May 1995; 
patented 14 May 1996.//Patent 5,517,202: MINIMAL WASHOVER, INLINE HIGH 
FREQUENCY BUOYANT ANTENNA; filed 30 December 1994; patented 14 May 
1996.//Patent 5,517,315: REFLECTOMETER EMPLOYING AN INTEGRATING SPHERE 
AND LENS-MIRROR CONCENTRATOR; filed 29 October 1993; patented 14 May 
1996.//Patent 5,517,935: UNDERWATER VEHICLE POLYMER EJECTION CONTROL 
VALVE ASSEMBLY; filed 27 March 1995; patented 21 May 1996.//Patent 
5,517,938: DRAG INDUCING DROGUE FOR MULTIPLE TOWED ARRAYS; filed 10 
July 1995; patented 21 May 1996.//Patent 5,518,664: PROGRAMMABLE 
ELECTROSET PROCESSES; filed 23 September 1994; patented 21 May 1996.//
Patent 5,519,226: DETECTION OF THERMAL NEUTRONS THROUGH THE USE OF 
INTERNAL WAVELENGTH SHIFTING OPTICAL FIBERS; filed 11 January 1995; 
patented 21 May 1996.//Patent 5,519,278: ACTUATORS WITH GRADED 
ACTIVITY; filed 23 December 1994; patented 21 May 1996.//Patent 
5,519,318: TRIAXIAL MAGNETIC HEADING SENSING APPARATUS HAVING 
MAGNETARESISTORS AND NULLING COILS; filed 28 December 1992; patented 21 
May 1996.//Patent 5,519,407: CIRCULARLY POLARIZED DUAL FREQUENCY 
LIGHTWEIGHT DEPLOYABLE ANTENNA SYSTEM; filed 7 October 1994; patented 
21 May 1996.//Patent 5,520,314: REMOVABLE ONE-PIECE TRUCK BED DIVIDER; 
filed 11 October 1994; patented 28 May 1996.//Patent 5,520,331: LIQUID 
ATOMIZING NOZZLE; filed 19 September 1994; filed 28 May 1996.//Patent 
5,520,459: ENHANCEMENT OF FLOW MIXING BY A FREQUENCY TUNABLE CAVITY; 
filed 30 June 1994; patented 28 May 1996.//Patent 5,520,826: FLAME 
EXTINGUISHING PYROTECHNIC AND EXPLOSIVE COMPOSITION; filed 16 May 1994; 
patented 28 May 1996.//Patent 5,520,837: METHOD OF MAKING AN 
ENVIRONMENTALLY SAFE, READY-TO-USE, NON-TOXIC, NON-FLAMMABLE, 
INORGANIC, AQUEOUS CLEANING COMPOSITION; filed 28 June 1995; patented 
28 May 1996.//Patent 5,520,968: MULTILAYER SECOND-ORDER NONLINEAR 
OPTICAL, FILMS OF HEAD-TO-HEAD, MAINCHAIN CHROMOPHORIC POLYMERS; filed 
5 May 1995; patented 28 May 1996.//Patent 5,521,132: ASH-BASED CERAMIC 
MATERIALS; filed 1 September 1994; patented 28 May 1996.//Patent 
5,521,242: HIGH CONCENTRATION SLURRY-FORMULATION AND APPLICATION; filed 
30 September 1971; patented 28 May 1996.//Patent 5,521,376: OPTICAL 
MOTION SENSOR FOR AN UNDERWATER OBJECT; filed 29 April 1994; patented 
28 May 1996.//Patent 5,521,412: LOW AND HIGH MINORITY CARRIER LIFETIME 
LAYERS IN A SINGLE SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE; filed 26 June 1995; 
patented 28 May 1996.//Patent 5,521,996: ELECTRICAL AND FIBER-OPTIC 
CONNECTOR; filed 25 November 1994; patented 28 May 1996.//Patent 
5,522,561: FIBER OPTIC CABLE PAYOUT SYSTEM; filed 3 June 1992; patented 
4 June 1996.//Patent 5,522,710: FLOWTHROUGH MANIFOLD ASSEMBLY FOR A 
LINEAR PUMP; filed 22 December 1994; patented 4 June 1996.//Patent 
5,522,863: PULSATING BEHAVIOR MONITORING AND MODIFICATION SYSTEM FOR 
NEURAL NETWORKS; filed 19 August 1994; patented 4 June 1996.//Patent 
5,523,951: SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC SHIP STEERING; filed 18 July 
1994; patented 4 June 1996.//Patent 5,524,239: REPLAY RECOVERY PROTOCOL 
FOR REAL-TIME DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; filed 28 April 1994; 
patented 4 June 1996.//Patent 5,524,546: BREECHING DEVICE; filed 30 
June 1995; patented 11 June 1996.//Patent 5,525,538: METHOD FOR 
INTRINSICALLY DOPED III-A AND V-A COMPOUNDS; filed 8 March 1995; 
patented 11 June 1996.//Patent 5,525,800: SELECTIVE MULTI-CHEMICAL 
FIBER OPTIC SENSOR; filed 31 October 1994; patented 11 June 1996.//
Patent 5,526,009: DUAL FREQUENCY LIGHTWEIGHT DEPLOYABLE ANTENNA SYSTEM; 
filed 22 May 1995; patented 11 June 1996.//Patent 5,526,170: FIBER 
OPTIC CONTINUOUS TRUE TIME-DELAY MODULATOR; filed 6 August 1993; 
patented 11 June 1996.//Patent 5,526,325: STEERABLE BEAMFORMER; filed 
21 September 1995; patented 11 June 1996.//Patent 5,526,690: 
CIRCUMFERENTIAL ACTUATOR FOR PIPING SYSTEM; filed 17 May 1995; patented 
18 June 1996.//Patent 5,527,131: LIQUID-BLOCKING RING ASSEMBLY FOR 
SURFACE DRAINS; filed 1 September 1994; patented 18 June 1996.//Patent 
5,527,392: SUBSTRATE TEMPERATURE CONTROL APPARATUS FOR CVDREACTORS; 
filed 15 March 1994; patented 18 June 1996.//Patent 5,528,367: IN-LINE 
FIBER ETALON STRAIN SENSOR; filed 9 September 1994; patented 18 June 
1996.//Patent 5,528,555: SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPENSATING FOR TOWED 
ARRAY MOTION INDUCED ERRORS; filed 9 December 1994; patented 18 June 
1996.//Patent 5,529,841: HYDROGEN SULFIDE ANALYZER WITH PROTECTIVE 
BARRIER; filed 29 September 1994: patented 25 June 1996.//Patent 
5,530,214: VENTURI MUFFLER; filed 20 September 1994; patented 25 June 
1996.//Patent 5,530,312: MULTI-CYCLE ELECTRIC

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MOTOR SYSTEM; filed 22 June 1995; patented 25 June 1996.//Patent 
5,530,448: THREE-PULSE MTI WITHOUT BLIND SPEEDS; filed 5 December 1983; 
patented 25 June 1996.//Patent 5,530,851: EARLY COMMIT TIMESTAMP 
COMPUTER DATABASE PROTOCOL; filed 28 April 1994; patented 25 June 
1996.//Patent 5,531,844: ENERGETIC COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING NO VOLATILE 
SOLVENTS; filed 14 February 1994; patented 2 July 1996.//Patent 
5,532,057: INDIA-STABILIZED ZIRCONIA COATING FOR COMPOSITES; filed 27 
April 1995; patented 2 July 1996.//Patent 5,532,717: METHOD OF 
DISPLAYING TIME SERIES DATA ON FINITE RESOLUTION DISPLAY DEVICE; filed 
19 May 1994; patented 2 July 1996.//Patent 5,532,979: TOWED ARRAY 
STRAIN-SENSING NOISE CANCELLER; filed 9 September 1981; patented 2 July 
1996.//Patent 5,533,699: ADJUSTABLE TWO-AXIS INSTRUMENT MOUNT; filed 5 
December 1994; patented 9 July 1996.//Patent 5,534,311: PRODUCTION OF 
STRUCTURES BY ELECTROSTATICALLY-FOCUSED DEPOSITION; filed 31 May 1995; 
patented 9 July 1996.//Patent 5,534,759: ELECTRIC VEHICLE MONITORING 
SYSTEM: filed 19 May 1995; patented 9 July 1996.//Patent 5,535,176: 
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SENSING WITH AN ACTIVE ACOUSTIC ARRAY; filed 28 
June 1993; patented 9 July 1996.//Patent 5,535,232: OPTICALLY PUMPED, 
PRASEODYMIUM BASED SOLID STATE LASER; filed 31 January 1995; patented 9 
July 1996.//Patent 5,535,402: SYSTEM FOR (N.M)-BIT CORRELATION USING N 
M-BIT CORRELATORS; filed 30 April 1992; patented 9 July 1996.//Patent 
5,535,815: PACKAGE-INTERFACE THERMAL SWITCH; filed 24 May 1995; 
patented 16 July 1996.//Patent 5,535,904: SURFACE PREPARATION FOR 
BONDING IRON; filed 25 January 1995; patented 16 July 1996.//Patent 
5,537,044: SURGE VOLTAGE GENERATOR FOR PULSING GROUNDED AND UNGROUNDED 
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; filed 30 September 1994; patented 16 July 1996.//
Patent 5,537,368: ENHANCED ADAPTIVE STATISTICAL FILTER PROVIDING 
IMPROVED PERFORMANCE FOR TARGET MOTION ANALYSIS NOISE DISCRIMINATION; 
filed 22 September 1993; patented 16 July 1996.//Patent 5,537,511: 
NEURAL NETWORK BASED DATA FUSION SYSTEM FOR SOURCE LOCALIZATION; filed 
18 October 1994; patented 16 July 1996.//Patent 5,538,580: SPLIT GASKET 
ATTACHMENT METHOD; filed 17 January 1995; patented 23 July 1996.//
Patent 5,539,032: CORROSION RESISTANT SELF-PRIMING ALKYD TOPCOATS; 
filed 7 June 1995; patented 23 July 1996.//Patent 5,539,758: 
UPCONVERSION PUMPED THULIUM FIBER AMPLIFIER AND LASER OPERATING AT 790 
TO 830 NM; filed 20 January 1995; patented 23 July 1996.//Patent 
5,541,868: ANNULAR GMR-BASED MEMORY ELEMENT; filed 21 February 1995; 
patented 30 July 1996.//Patent 5,543,800: RADAR DECODER: filed 6 
November 1995; patented 6 August 1996.//Patent 5,546,356: WIDE BEAM 
ACOUSTIC PROJECTOR WITH SHARP CUTOFF AND LOW SIDE LOBES; filed 30 June 
1993; patented 13 August 1996.//Patent 5,546,357: MONOSTATIC PROJECTOR 
SYNTHETIC APERTURE SONAR; filed 27 December 1994; patented 13 August 
1996.//Patent 5,551,349: INTERNAL CONDUIT VEHICLE; filed 29 June 1995; 
patented 3 September 1996.//Patent application 08/042,682: SHOULDER-
LAUNCHED, MULTIPLE-PURPOSE ASSAULT WEAPON; filed 14 August 1995.//
Patent application 08/129,500: COHERENT SIGNAL POWER DETECTOR USING 
HIGHER-ORDER STATISTICS; filed 30 September 1993.//Patent application 
08/310,539: RESPIRATORY SYSTEM PARTICULARLY SUITED FOR AIRCREW USE; 
filed 5 December 1994.//Patent application 08/320,617: CIRCULARLY 
POLARIZED DUAL FREQUENCY LIGHT-WEIGHT DEPLOYABLE ANTENNA SYSTEM; filed 
7 October 1994.//Patent application 08/411,234: UNDERWATER VEHICLE AND 
COMBINATION DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND CABLE INTERCONNECT MEANS; filed 27 
March 1995.//Patent application 08/411,235: UNDERWATER VEHICLE AND 
COMBINATION DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND CABLE INTERCONNECT DEVICE; filed 27 
March 1995.//Patent application: 08/472,375: CORROSION RESISTANT SELF-
PRIMING ALKYD TOPCOATS; filed 7 June 1996.//Patent application 08/
491,692: INTRINSICALLY SELF DEFORMING FIBER OPTIC MICROBEND PRESSURE 
AND STRAIN SENSOR; filed 19 June 1995.//Patent application 08/492,831: 
MICROBUBBLE POSITIONING AND CONTROL SYSTEM; filed 28 July 1995.//Patent 
application 08/494,141: MULTI-CYCLE ELECTRIC MOTOR SYSTEM; filed 22 
June 1995.//Patent application 08/494,423: APPARATUS FOR CHEMICAL 
REMOVAL OF PROTECTIVE COATING AND ETCHING OF CABLES WITH FIBER-LIKE 
SUBSTRATE; filed 26 June 1995.//Patent application 08/499,338: LOW 
POWER TRANSMITTER PROVIDING SELECTABLE WAVEFORM GENERATION; filed 7 
July 1995.//Patent application 08/505,547: FORCE AMPLIFIED CHEMICAL AND 
BIOLOGICAL SENSOR; filed 21 July 1995.//Patent application 08/514,464: 
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING OBJECTS AT OR BELOW THE WATER'S 
SURFACE; filed 9 September 1995.//Patent application 08/514,573: 
SPOTTING ROUND BORE ALIGNMENT MECHANISM FOR ROCKET LAUNCHER; filed 14 
August 1995.//Patent application 08/514,575: SHOULDER-LAUNCHED 
MULTIPLE-PURPOSE ASSAULT WEAPON; filed 30 October 1995.//Patent 
application 08/514,576: SINGLE SPRING BOLT LOCK AND CARTRIDGE EJECTOR; 
filed 14 August 1996.//Patent application 08/514,883: SINGLE TRIGGER 
DUAL FIRING MECHANISM; filed 14 August 1995.//Patent application 08/
514,885: COMBINATION OPTICAL AND IRON SIGHT SYSTEM FOR ROCKET LAUNCHER; 
filed 14 August 1995.//Patent application 08/521,380: APPARATUS AND 
METHOD FOR FLOATING A TOWED DEVICE FROM A SUBMERGED VEHICLE; filed 16 
August 1995.//Patent application 08/530,462: UNDERWATER VEHICLE SONAR 
SYSTEM WITH EXTENDIBLE ARRAY; filed 6 December 1995.//Patent 
application 08/530,463: INTERFACE MODULE FOR A TOWED ARRAY; filed 8 
December 1995.//Patent application 08/530,464: OCEANOGRAPHIC SENSOR 
SUITE WET WELL SYSTEM; filed 8 December 1995.//Patent application 08/
533,161: METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEGMENTING A SPEECH WAVEFORM; filed 7 
November 1995.//Patent application 08/538,266: NON-ARCING CLAMP FOR 
AUTOMOTIVE BATTERY JUMPER CABLES; filed 3 October 1995.//Patent 
application 08/540,607: UNMANNED UNDERSEA VEHICLE INCLUDING KEEL-
MOUNTED PAYLOAD DEPLOYMENT ARRANGEMENT WITH PAYLOAD COMPARTMENT 
FLOODING ARRANGEMENT TO MAINTAIN AXI-SYMMETRICAL MASS DISTRIBUTION; 
filed 11 October 1995.//Patent application 08/540,608: UNMANNED 
UNDERSEA VEHICLE WITH ERECTABLE SENSOR MAST FOR OBTAINING POSITION AND 
ENVIRONMENTAL VEHICLE STATUS; filed 11 October 1995.//Patent 
application 08/540,609: SYSTEM FOR DEPLOYING WEAPONS CARRIED IN

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AN ANNULAR CONFIGURATION IN A UUV; filed 11 October 1995.//Patent 
application 08/540,610: UNMANNED UNDERSEA WEAPON DEPLOYMENT STRUCTURE 
WITH CYLINDRICAL PAYLOAD CONFIGURATION; filed 11 October 1995.//Patent 
application 08/540,612: UNMANNED UNDERSEA VEHICLE WITH KEEL-MOUNTED 
PAYLOAD DEPLOYMENT SYSTEM; filed 11 October 1995.//Patent application 
08/540,613: UNMANNED UNDERSEA WEAPON DEPLOYMENT STRUCTURE WITH 
CYLINDRICAL PAYLOAD DEPLOYMENT SYSTEM; filed 11 October 1996.//Patent 
application 08/543,412: CONDUCTIVE POLYMER COATED FABRICS FOR CHEMICAL 
SENSING; filed 16 October 1995.//Patent application 08/550,039: TWO-
PHASE-FLOW MUFFLER IN A ROTATING SHAFT; filed 30 October 1995.//Patent 
application 08/551,081: SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING AN INTERIOR OR EXTERIOR 
ACOUSTIC NOISE LEVEL OF AN ENCLOSED STRUCTURE AND NOISE REDUCTION 
DEVICE INCORPORATING SUCH SYSTEM; filed 31 October 1995.//Patent 
application 08/551,214: THERMAL BOND SYSTEM; filed 31 October 1995.//
Patent application 08/551,725: FIBER OPTICAL DATA INTERFACE SYSTEM; 
filed 25 October 1995.//Patent application 08/556,301: SYSTEM AND 
METHOD FOR ACOUSTICALLY IMAGING AN UNDERGROUND TANK; filed 7 November 
1995.//Patent application 08/558,313: MAKING AGGREGATES AND ARTICLES 
MADE THERE-FROM; filed 15 November 1995.//Patent application 08/
558,998: BISTABLE PHOTOCONDUCTIVE SWITCHES PARTICULARLY SUITED FOR 
FREQUENCY-AGILE, RADIO-FREQUENCY SOURCES; filed 16 November 1995.//
Patent application 08/562,548: MULTIPLE STRAP CARRIER; filed 17 
November 1995.//Patent application 08/562,919: OPTICAL CORRELATOR USING 
SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATOR; filed 27 November 1995.//Patent application 
08/562,920: OPTICAL CORRELATOR USING OPTICAL DELAY LOOPS; filed 27 
November 1995.//Patent application 08/565,487: METHOD OF CONTROLLING A 
SUPERCONDUCTOR; filed 30 November 1995.//Patent application 08/568,859: 
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SIDE PUMPING AN OPTICAL FIBER; filed 7 
December 1995.//Patent application 08/570,466: SYSTEM LEVEL AID FOR 
TROUBLESHOOTING (SLAT); filed 9 November 1995.//Patent application 08/
572,389: FIBER OPTIC INFRARED CONE PENETROMETER SYSTEM; filed 14 
December 1995.//Patent application 08/583,912: DISPLACEMENT ASSAY ON A 
POROUS MEMBRANE; filed 11 January 1996.//Patent application 08/587,412: 
BLADDER ASSEMBLY FOR RETAINING FLUID UNDER PRESSURE; filed 17 January 
1996.//Patent application 08/587,766: METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING 
AXIAL MODULUS; filed 18 December 1995.//Patent application 08/587,798: 
INTERNAL GELATION METHOD FOR FORMING MULTIPLAYER MICROSPHERES AND 
PRODUCT THEREOF; filed 26 December 1995.//Patent application 08/
591,181: DRAG REDUCTION POLYMER EJECTION SYSTEM FOR UNDERWATER VEHICLE; 
filed 16 January 1996.//Patent application 08/591,183: SUBMARINE 
DEPLOYED SEA-STATE SENSOR; filed 16 January 1996.//Patent application 
08/591,184: BUOYANT TEST VEHICLE POLYMER EJECTION NOSE ASSEMBLY; filed 
16 January 1996.//Patent application 08/591,187: INTEGRATED MOTOR/
MARINE PROPULSOR WITH PERMANENT MAGNET BLADES; filed 21 December 1995./
/Patent application 08/591,691: OPTICAL FIBER WITH HIGH ACCELERATION 
SENSITIVITY AND LOW PRESSURE SENSITIVITY FOR USE IN SPATIALLY AVERAGING 
FIBER OPTIC ACCELEROMETER SENSORS; filed 24 January 1996.//Patent 
application 08/594,825: ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCER; filed 11 December 1995.//
Patent application 08/594,975: ADHESION ENHANCEMENT FOR UNDERPLATING 
PROBLEM; filed 31 January 1996.//Patent application 08/598,677: 
THERMOLUMINESCENCE RADIATION DOSIMETRY USING TRANSPARENT GLASS 
CONTAINING NANOCRYSTALLINE PHOSPHOR; filed 8 February 1996.//Patent 
application 08/599,391: SHOULDER-LAUNCHED MULTI-PURPOSE ASSAULT WEAPON 
WITH A REMOVABLE ROCKET TUBE AND SPOTTER BARREL; filed 8 December 
1995.//Patent application 08/601,560: SITE-CONTROLLED LOCKING DEVICE, 
SPECIFICATION; filed 14 February 1996.//Patent application 08/603,296: 
SYNTHESIS OF UNAGGLOMERATED METAL NANO-PARTICLES AT MEMBRANE INTERFACE; 
filed 25 July 1995.//Patent application 08/604,144: CABLE INTEGRITY 
TESTER; filed 20 February 1996.//Patent application 08/605,233: 
PORTABLE ACOUSTIC TURBULENCE DETECTOR; filed 2 February 1996.//Patent 
application 08/605,235: SUBMERGIBLE TOWED BODY SYSTEM; filed 2 February 
1996.//Patent application 08/605,243: BRISK MANEUVERING DEVICE FOR 
UNDERSEA VEHICLES; filed 12 February 1996.//Patent application 08/
605,290: ROTARY PUMP SYSTEM; filed 17 January 1996.//Patent application 
08/605,291: PHOTOELASTIC STRESS SENSOR; filed 17 January 1996.//Patent 
application 08/605,292: SYSTEM FOR ASSESSING STOCHASTIC PROPERTIES OF 
SIGNALS REPRESENTING THREE ITEMS OF MUTUALLY ORTHOGONAL MEASUREMENT 
INFORMATION; filed 17 January 1996.//Patent application 08/605,311: 
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPTIMAL GUIDANCE; filed 7 February 1996.//
Patent application 08/605,312: TEMPERATURE CONTROL VALVE WITHOUT MOVING 
PARTS; filed 7 February 1996.//Patent application 08/605,313: 
UNDERWATER VEHICLE AND A FIN ASSEMBLY THEREFOR; filed 7 February 1996./
/Patent application 08/605,314: METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AVOIDING 
DETECTION BY A THREAT PROJECTILE; filed 7 February 1996.//Patent 
application 08/605,315: CIRCUMFERENTIAL CIRCULATION CONTROL SYSTEM; 
filed 7 February 1996.//Patent application 08/606,107: ROBUST, 
NONTOXIC, ANTIFOULING POLYMER; filed 23 February 1996.//Patent 
application 08/613,747: APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COMPUTING UNSTEADY 
FLOWS BY DIRECT SOLUTION OF THE VORTICITY EQUATION; filed 22 February 
1996.//Patent application 08/613,771: METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR 
SEPARATING PARTICULATE MATTER FROM A FLUID; filed 28 February 1996.//
Patent application 08/613,772: METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEPARATING 
SUSPENDED PARTICLES FROM A FLOWING FLUID; filed 28 February 1996.//
Patent application 08/613,809: COMBINATION MOTOR AND PUMP ASSEMBLY; 
filed 6 March 1996.//Patent application 08/613,814: SEALING APPARATUS 
FOR EXCLUSION OF WATER FROM UNDERWATER GUN BARRELS; filed 3 March 
1996.//Patent application 08/615,348: CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENT 
DECONTAMINANT SOLUTION USING QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPLEXES; filed 15 
March 1996.//Patent application 08/621,149: FLUOROALIPHATIC CYANATE 
RESINS FOR LOW DIELECTRIC APPLICATIONS; filed 21 March 1996.//Patent 
application 08/621,404: LOW TEMPERATURE CATALYTIC DESULFURIZATION OF 
CARBON-BASED MATERIAL, AND THE USE OF LOW SULFUR-CONTENT

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CARBON IN POWER SOURCE APPLICATIONS; filed 25 March 1996.//Patent 
application 08/624,833: ULTRA-BROADBAND HYDROPHONE; filed 22 March 
1996.//Patent application 08/624,835: ACOUSTIC ELEMENT TESTER FOR AN 
ARRAY OF HYDROPHONES; filed 22 March 1996.//Patent application 08/
641,018: SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DATA COMPRESSION; filed 15 April 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. R.J. Erickson, Staff Patent 
Attorney, Office of Naval Research (Code 00CC), Arlington, VA 22217-
5660, telephone (703) 696-4001.
    Dated: December 6, 1996.
D.E. Koenig,
LCDR, JAGC, USN, Federal Register Liaison Officer.
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