[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 130 (Tuesday, July 8, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 36498]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-17758]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


Inventions, Government Owned; Availability for Licensing

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of A Government Owned Invention Available for Licensing.

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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 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 invention available for licensing is:
    NIST Docket Number: 96-054PCT.
    Title: New Non-Halogenated Fire Retardant For Commodity And 
Engineering Polymers.
    Abstract: A fire retardant system using zirconia or zirconia 
combined with a boron compound significantly reduces the flammability 
of commodity and engineering polymers.

    Dated: July 1, 1997.
Elaine Bunten-Mines,
Director, Program Office.
[FR Doc. 97-17758 Filed 7-7-97; 8:45 am]
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