[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 108 (Thursday, June 5, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30845-30846]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-14709]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Notice of Intent To Grant Exclusive Patent Licenses to Remote 
Tools, Inc.

AGENCY: Department of Energy, Office of the General Counsel.

ACTION: Notice of intent to grant exclusive patent licenses.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of an intent to grant to Remote Tools, 
Inc., of New Ellenton, South Carolina, exclusive licenses to practice 
the inventions described in U.S. Patent No. 5,398,560, entitled 
``Apparatus for Inspecting Piping'' and U.S. Patent No. 5,433,236, 
entitled ``Apparatus for Moving a Pipe Inspection Probe through 
Piping.'' The inventions are owned by the United States of America, as 
represented by the Department of Energy (DOE).

DATES: Written comments or nonexclusive license applications are to be 
received at the address listed below no later than August 4, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Office of Assistant General Counsel for Technology Transfer 
and Intellectual Property, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence 
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert J. Marchick, Office of the 
Assistant General Counsel for Technology Transfer and Intellectual

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Property, U.S. Department of Energy, Forrestal Building, Room 6F-067, 
1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585; Telephone: (202) 
586-4792.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 35 U.S.C. 209(c) provides the Department 
with authority to grant exclusive licenses in Department-owned 
inventions, where a determination can be made, among other things, that 
the desired practical application of an invention has not been 
achieved, or is not likely expeditiously to be achieved, under a 
nonexclusive license. The statute and implementing regulations (37 CFR 
part 404) require that the necessary determinations be made after 
public notice and opportunity for filing written objections.
    Remote Tools, Inc., of New Ellenton, South Carolina, has applied 
for exclusive licenses to practice the inventions embodied in U.S. 
Patent No. 5,398,560, entitled ``Apparatus for Inspecting Piping'' and 
U.S. Patent No. 5,433,236, entitled ``Apparatus for Moving a Pipe 
Inspection Probe through Piping,'' and has plans for commercialization 
of the inventions.
    Any exclusive license will be subject to a license and other rights 
retained by the U.S. Government, and other terms and conditions to be 
negotiated. DOE intends to grant the request, upon a final 
determination in accordance with 35 U.S.C. Sec. 209(c), unless, within 
60 days of this notice, the Assistant General Counsel for Technology 
Transfer and Intellectual Property, Department of Energy, Washington, 
D.C. 20585, receives in writing any of the following, together with 
supporting documents.
    (i) A statement from any person setting forth reasons why it would 
not be in the best interests of the United States to grant the proposed 
license or licenses; or
    (ii) An application for a nonexclusive license to either or both 
inventions, in which applicant states that he has already brought 
either or both inventions to practical application or is likely to 
bring either or both inventions to practical application expeditiously.
    The Department will review all timely written responses to this 
notice, and will grant the request if, after consideration of written 
responses to this notice, a determination is made that such licensing 
is in the public interest.

    Issued in Washington, D.C., on May 29, 1997.
Eric J. Fygi,
Acting General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 97-14709 Filed 6-4-97; 8:45 am]
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