[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 120 (Monday, June 23, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 33831]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-16364]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National institute of Standards and Technology


Government Owned Inventions Available for Licensing

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of government owned inventions available for licensing.

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SUMMARY: The inventions listed below are owned by the U.S. Government, 
as represented by the Department of Commerce, and are 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 
these inventions may be obtained by writing to: National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, 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 into a Cooperative Research 
and Development Agreement (``CRADA'') with the licensee to perform 
further research on the invention for purposes of commercialization. 
The inventions available for licensing are:

NIST Docket Number: 95-050

Title: Fabrication of Embossed Diffractive Optics With Reusable Release 
Agent

    Abstract: By this technique of chemically modifying the surface of 
a commercial master diffractive grating with a suitable release agent, 
replica gratings are inexpensively embossed onto float glass, ion 
diffused, polymer, semiconductor, and other types of optical 
waveguides.

NIST Docket Number: 96-029

Title: Cryogenic Current Comparator Based on Liquid Nitrogen 
Temperature Superconductors

    Abstract: Electric currents maintained in precise integer ratio by 
a cryogenic current comparator (CCC) can be used to measure the ratio 
of two standard resistors or determine the value of one current by 
measuring a second of larger or smaller value. This CCC operates at 77 
K in a liquid nitrogen bath and uses the magnetic shielding of high-
temperature superconductor (HTS) materials. It measures a wide range of 
resistance and current ratios with an uncertainty of approximately 1 
part in 100 million. Nonexclusive, royalty-free licenses are available 
for this technology.

NIST Docket Number: 96-043

Title: Precision Linear Positioning Post

    Abstract: The invention is a positioning post and precision 
translation mechanism for use in optic experiments and other scientific 
and engineering research. The positioning post is a translation stage 
contained within a 12.7 mm diameter cylinder. One end of the cylinder 
will translate relative to the other with minimal rotation, backlash, 
and wobble. Several positioning posts may be used in series to provide 
multi-axis positioning.

    Dated: June 17, 1997.
Elaine Bunten-Mines,
Director, Program Office.
[FR Doc. 97-16364 Filed 6-20-97; 8:45 am]
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