[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 18 (Tuesday, January 28, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 4033]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-2057]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and Technology


Notice of a Jointly Owned Invention Available for Licensing

SUMMARY: The invention listed below is jointly owned by the U.S. 
Government, as represented by the Department of Commerce and the 
Department of Defense. The Department of Commerce's ownership interest 
in this invention is available for licensing in accordance with 35 
U.S.C. 207 and 37 CFR part 404 to achieve expeditious commercialization 
of results of federally funded research and development.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Technical and licensing information on this inventions may be obtained 
by writing to: Marcia Salkeld, National Institute of Standards and 
Technology, Office of Industrial Partnerships Program, Building 820, 
Room 213, Gaithersburg, MD 20899; Fax 301-869-2751. Any request for 
information should include the NIST Docket No. and Title for the 
relevant invention as indicated below.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NIST may enter a Cooperative Research and 
Development Agreement (``CRADA'') with the licensee to perform further 
research on the invention for purposes of commercialization. The 
invention available for licensing is:

NIST Docket No. 96-031CIP

    Title: Ultra-Low Temperature Neck Bonding Process.
    Description: New types of ceramic structures and ceramic composites 
are formed by a low cost, moderate temperature sintering process using 
a pre-ceramic precursor which, upon mild heating, decomposes to form 
``necks'' between individual ceramic particles. The properties of the 
resulting porous ceramic bodies can be further modified to form a new 
class of composite materials.

    Dated: January 22, 1997.
Elaine Bunten-Mines,
Director, Program Office.
[FR Doc. 97-2057 Filed 1-27-97; 8:45 am]
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