[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 89 (Thursday, May 8, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 25173]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-11978]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


Notice of a Government Owned Invention Available for Licensing

SUMMARY: The invention listed below is owned by the U.S. Government, as 
represented by the Department of Commerce, and 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 invention may be obtained by writing to: National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, Industrial Partnership 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 into a Cooperative Research 
and Development Agreement (``CRDA'') with the licensee to perform 
further research on the invention for purposes of commercialization. 
The invention available for licensing is:
    NIST Docket Number: 96-033.
    Title: Superconducting Transition-Edge Sensor.
    Abstract: This NIST invention provides particle detection, 
particularly x-ray detection, using an aluminum/normal-metal bilayer 
superconducting transition-edge sensor as a thermometer in a 
microcalorimeter. Fabrication is easier, applications are more diverse, 
and results are more reliable than with previous methods.

    Dated: May 1, 1997.
Elaine Bunten-Mines,
Director, Program Office.
[FR Doc. 97-11978 Filed 5-7-97; 8:45 am]
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