[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 250 (Wednesday, December 31, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 68259]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-34073]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


Notice of Prospective Grant of Exclusive Patent License; 
Thorlabs, Inc.

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of 
Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of prospective grant of exclusive patent license.

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SUMMARY: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (``NIST''), 
U.S. Department of Commerce, is contemplating the grant of a field of 
use exclusive license in the United States to practice the invention 
embodied in U.S. Patent Application 08/802,607; ``Axial Translation 
Precision Position Post;'' filed February 19, 1997; NIST Docket No. 96-
043. The grant of the license, in the field of use of optics, 
photonics, and laser research, is contemplated to Thorlabs, Inc., 
having a place of business in Newton, New Jersey.

DATES: Comments must be received in writing no later than March 2, 
1998.

ADDRESSES: Comments on the Prospective Grant must be submitted to: 
Ernest Graf, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Industrial 
Partnerships Program, Building 820, Room 213, Gaithersburg, MD 20899.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ernest R. Graf, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 
Industrial Partnerships Program, Building 820, Room 213, Gaithersburg, 
MD 20899.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a notice in accordance with 35 
U.S.C. 209(c)(1) and 37 CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i). The prospective exclusive 
license, in the field of use of optics, photonics, and laser research, 
will be royalty-bearing and will comply with the terms and conditions 
of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7. The license may be granted unless, 
within sixty days from the date of this published notice, NIST receives 
written evidence and argument which establish that the grant of the 
license would not be consistent with the requirements of 35 U.S.C. 209 
and 37 CFR 404.7. The availability of the invention for licensing was 
published in the Federal Register, Vol. 62, No. 120 (June 23, 1997).
    U.S. Patent Application 08/802,607 describes 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. A copy of the patent 
application may be obtained from NIST at the foregoing address.
    NIST may enter into a Cooperative Research and Development 
Agreement (CRADA) to perform further research on the invention for 
purposes of commercialization. The CRADA may be conducted by NIST 
without any additional charge to any party that licenses the patent. 
NIST may grant the licensee an option to negotiate for royalty-free 
exclusive licenses to any jointly owned inventions which arise from the 
CRADA as well as an option to negotiate for exclusive royalty-bearing 
licenses for NIST employee inventions which arise from the CRADA.

    Dated: December 23, 1997.
Michael R. Rubin,
Deputy Chief Counsel.
[FR Doc. 97-34073 Filed 12-30-97; 8:45 am]
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