[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 93 (Wednesday, May 14, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 26492]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-12559]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy


Notice of Intent To Grant Exclusive Patent License; SDL, Inc.

SUMMARY: The Department of the Navy hereby gives notice of its intent 
to grant to SDL, Inc., a revocable, nonassignable, exclusive license in 
the United States to practice the Government owned inventions described 
in U.S. Patent No. 4,763,272 entitled ``Automated and Computer 
Controlled Precision Method of Fused Elongated Optical Fiber Coupler 
Fabrication,'' issued August 9, 1988, U.S. Patent No. 5,121,453 
entitled ``Polarization Independent Narrow Channel Wavelength Division 
Multiplexing Fiber Coupler and Method for Producing Same,'' issued June 
9, 1992, and U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 08/538,432 entitled 
``Method for Tuning Fiber Optic Couplers and Multiplexers'' filed 
August 9, 1995.
    Anyone wishing to object to the grant of this license has 60 days 
from the date of this notice to file written objections along with 
supporting evidence, if any. Written objections are to be filed with 
the Office of Naval Research, ONR OOCC, Ballston Tower One, 800 North 
Quincy Street, Arlington, Virginia 22217-5660.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. R.J. Erickson, Staff Patent 
Attorney, Office of Naval Research, ONR OOCC, Ballston Tower One, 800 
North Quincy Street, Arlington, Virginia 22217-5660, telephone number 
(703) 696-4001.

    Dated: May 5, 1997.
 D.E. Koenig, Jr.,
LCDR, JAGC, USN, Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 97-12559 Filed 5-13-97; 8:45 am]
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