[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 30 (Thursday, February 13, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6761-6762]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-3524]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Jointly Owned Invention Available for Licensing

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of a jointly owned invention available for licensing.

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SUMMARY: The invention listed below is jointly owned by the U.S. 
Government, as represented by the Department of Commerce and the 
University of Colorado, as represented by the Board of Regents of the 
University of Colorado. The U.S. Government'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, Industrial Partnerships Program, 
Building 820, Room 213, Gaithersburg,

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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 into 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. 94-010

    Title: Process for Fabrication of Improved Resistive 
Microbolometers.
    Description: In this relatively uncomplicated and reproducible 
process for fabricating microbolometers, an ultrathin layer of niobium 
is used as the detector element, and the wafer is cleaned in situ in a 
low-pressure evaporation system, to provide an instrument having a 
substantially lower noise level than conventional microbolometers.

    Dated: February 6, 1997.
Elaine Bunten-Mines,
Director, Program Office
[FR Doc. 97-3524 Filed 2-12-97; 8:45 am]
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