[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: 97-16369]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


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 Morton 
International, Inc. The Department of Commerce's ownership interest in 
this invention is available for non-exclusive 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 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.
    The invention available for non-exclusive licensing is:

NIST Docket No. 95-047

    Title: Non-Contact Method and Apparatus for Inspection of Inertia 
Welds.
    Description: An electromagnetic acoustic transducer (EMAT) provides 
a means of non-contact inspection to detect internal inertia weld 
defects and web defects in spool-shaped aluminum airbag inflator 
igniter canisters. The method is non-destructive, efficient, reliable, 
and readily implemented.

    Dated: June 17, 1997.
Elaine Bunten-Mines,
Director, Program Office.
[FR Doc. 97-16369 Filed 6-20-97; 8:45 am]
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