[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 72 (Wednesday, April 15, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18385-18388]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-9967]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy


Availability of Government Owned Inventions for Licensing

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD.

ACTION: Notice of Availability of Government Owned Inventions for 
Licensing.

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SUMMARY: The inventions listed below are assigned to the United States 
Government as represented by the Secretary of the Navy and are made 
available for licensing by the Department of the Navy.
    Copies of patents cited are available from the Commissioner of 
Patents and Trademarks, Washington, D.C. 20231, for $3.00 each. 
Requests for copies of patents must include the patent number.
    Copies of patent applications cited are available from the National 
Technical Information Service (NTIS), Springfield, Virginia 22161 for 
$6.95 each ($10.95 outside North American Continent). Requests for 
copies of patent applications must include the patent application 
serial number. Claims are deleted from the copies of patent 
applications sold to avoid premature disclosure.
    The following patents and patent applications are available for 
licensing:

Patent 5,638,076: AUTOMATIC RANGE REDUCING GATING SYSTEM; filed 29 
September 1966; patented 10 June 1997.
Patent 5,641,691: METHOD FOR FABRICATING COMPLEMENTARY VERTICAL BIPOLAR 
JUNCTION TRANSISTORS IN SILICON-ON-SAPPHIRE; filed 3 April 1995; 
patented 24 June 1997.
Patent 5,642,451: FIBEROPTIC CABLE JUNCTION; filed 28 December 1995; 
patented 24 June 1997.
Patent 5,642,868: CERAMIC MATERIAL; filed 2 May 1990; patented 1 July 
1997.
Patent 5,644,664: FIBER OPTIC DIGITAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM; filed 6 June 
1995; patented 1 July 1997.
Patent 5,645,006: BLADDER ASSEMBLY FOR RETAINING FLUID UNDER PRESSURE; 
filed 17 January 1996; patented 8 July 1997.

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Patent 5,646,366: UNDERWATER DEFENSE SYSTEM; filed 22 August 1996; 
patented 8 July 1997.
Patent 5,646,400: CORROSION DETECTING AND MONITORING METHOD AND 
APPARATUS; filed 14 July 1995; patented 8 July 1997.
Patent 5,646,855: WAYPOINT NAVIGATION USING EXCLUSION ZONES; filed 19 
July 1995; patented 8 July 1997.
Patent 5,646,907: METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING OBJECTS AT OR BELOW 
THE WATER'S SURFACE; filed 9 August 1995; patented 8 July 1997.
Patent 5,647,265: TOOL AND SYSTEM FOR MACHINING A ROUND STRAND; filed 
30 June 1993; patented 15 July 1997.
Patent 5,648,201: EFFICIENT CHEMISTRY FOR SELECTIVE MODIFICATION AND 
METALLIZATION OF SUBSTRATES; filed 16 December 1992; patented 15 July 
1997.
Patent 5,648,631: SPOOLED TAPE-SEAL FOR UNDERWATER GUN OPERATION; filed 
3 October 1995; patented 15 July 1997.
Patent 5,648,914: METHOD OF DEFENDING AGAINST CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL 
MUNITIONS; filed 30 June 1992; patented 15 July 1997.
Patent 5,648,940: PULSE CODED SONAR HAVING IMPROVED DOPPLER 
DETERMINATION FEATURE; filed 23 January 1968; patented 15 July 1997.
Patent 5,649,488: NON-EXPLOSIVE TARGET DIRECTED REENTRY PROJECTILE; 
filed 19 May 1995; patented 22 July 1997.
Patent 5,649,811: COMBINATION MOTOR AND PUMP ASSEMBLY; filed 6 March 
1996; patented 22 July 1997.
Patent 5,651,019: SOLID-STATE BLUE LASER SOURCE; filed 28 April 1995; 
patented 22 July 1997.
Patent 5,651,529: REDUCED NOISE DISK VALVE ASSEMBLY; filed 28 April 
1996; patented 29 July 1997.
Patent 5,651,976: CONTROLLED RELEASE OF ACTIVE AGENTS USING INORGANIC 
TUBULES; filed 31 July 1995; patented 29 July 1997.
Patent 5,652,027: ROBUST, NONTOXIC, ANTIFOULING POLYMER; filed 23 
February 1996; patented 29 July 1997.
Patent 5,652,409: BISMUTH AND COPPER BALLISTIC MODIFIERS FOR DOUBLE 
BASE PROPELLANTS; filed 23 February 1996; patented 29 July 1997.
Patent 5,652,431: IN-SITU MONITORING AND FEEDBACK CONTROL OF 
METALORGANIC PRECURSOR DELIVERY; filed 6 October 1995; patented 29 July 
1997.
Patent 5,652,819: METHOD FOR TUNING FIBER OPTIC COUPLERS AND 
MULTIPLEXES; filed 9 August 1995; patented 29 July 1997.
Patent 5,652,839: METHOD OF NON-INTRUSIVELY SENSING STATUS IN A 
COMPUTER PERIPHERAL; filed 29 March 1994; patented 29 July 1997.
Patent 5,654,044: DIAMOND FILM DEPOSITION ON GRAPHITE; filed 29 August 
1995; patented 5 August 1997.
Patent 5,654,558: INTERBAND LATERAL RESONANT TUNNELING TRANSISTOR; 
filed 14 November 1994; patented 5 August 1997.
Patent 5,654,698: MISSILE TELEMETRY DATA INTERFACE CIRCUIT; filed 8 
April 1996; patented 5 August 1997.
Patent 5,654,937: ACOUSTIC ELEMENT TESTER FOR AN ARRAY OF HYDROPHONES; 
filed 22 March 1996; patented 5 August 1997.
Patent 5,655,137: METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRE-PROCESSING INPUTS TO 
PARALLEL ARCHITECTURE COMPUTERS; filed 23 March 1995; patented 5 August 
1997.
Patent 5,657,017: TELEMETRY BI-PHASE-LEVEL TO NON-RETURN-TO-ZERO-LEVEL 
SIGNAL CONVERTER; filed 1 December 1995; patented 12 August 1997.
Patent 5,657,296: ACOUSTIC RECEIVER ASSEMBLY; filed 14 May 1996; 
patented 12 August 1997.
Patent 5,657,546: SPOTTING ROUND BORE ALIGNMENT MECHANISM FOR ROCKET 
LAUNCHER; filed 14 August 1995; patented 19 August 1997.
Patent 5,659,779: SYSTEM FOR ASSIGNING COMPUTER RESOURCES TO CONTROL 
MULTIPLE COMPUTER DIRECTED DEVICES; filed 25 April 1994; patented 19 
August 1997.
Patent 5,659,965: COMBINATION OPTICAL AND IRON SIGHT SYSTEM FOR ROCKET 
LAUNCHER; filed 14 August 1995; patented 26 August 1997.
Patent 5,659,993: COMBINATION PIN FOR ATTACHING TRIGGER ASSEMBLY AND 
SAFING SMALL ARM; filed 14 August 1995; patented 26 August 1997.
Patent 5,660.135: UNDERWATER APPARATUS RELEASE MECHANISM; filed 18 
November 1996; patented 26 August 1997.
Patent 5,660,348: COMPUTER CONTROLLED FILAMENT WINDING SYSTEM HAVING 
TENSIONING DEVICE; filed 19 September 1995; patented 26 August 1997.
Patent 5,661,258: AIR-DELIVERED ORDNANCE EXPLOSIVE MINE AND OBSTACLE 
CLEARANCE METHOD; filed 25 January 1996; patented 26 August 1997.
Patent 5,661,259: VARIABLE SHAPE CONTROL FIN ASSEMBLY FOR WATER 
VEHICLES; filed 22 April 1996; patented 26 August 1997.
Patent 5,661,260: FIN ASSEMBLY FOR A VEHICLE; filed 1 May 1996; 
patented 26 August 1997.
Patent 5,661,313: ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE IN SILICON ON SAPPHIRE; 
filed 8 March 1996; patented 26 August 1997.
Patent 5,661,583: FIBER OPTICAL DATA INTERFACE SYSTEM; filed 25 October 
1995; patented 26 August 1997.
Patent 5,661,666: CONSTANT FALSE PROBABILITY DATA FUSION SYSTEM; filed 
6 November 1992; patented 26 August 1997.
Patent 5,662,161: BREATHING GAS COOLING AND HEATING DEVICE; filed 10 
August 1995; patented 2 September 1997.
Patent 5,663,927: BUOYED SENSOR ARRAY COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM; filed 23 
May 1996; patented 2 September 1997.
Patent 5,663,986: APPARATUS AND METHOD OF TRANSMITTING DATA OVER A 
COAXIAL CABLE IN A NOISY ENVIRONMENT; filed 25 March 1996; patented 2 
September 1997.
Patent 5,664,742: PLUME AVOIDANCE MANEUVERS; filed 31 July 1989; 
patented 9 September 1997.
Patent 5,664,897: RELEASABLE CONNECTOR WITH SEVERABLE LINE; filed 29 
August 1996; patented 9 September 1997.
Patent 5,666,047: DIELECTRIC TRANSFORMER; filed 5 October 1995; 
patented 9 September 1997.
Patent 5,666,108: TELEMETRY DATA SELECTOR METHOD; filed 20 September 
1991; patented 9 September 1997.
Patent 5,666,117: NON-RETURN TO ZERO LEVEL TO BI-PHASE SIGNAL 
CONVERTER; filed 31 August 1995; patented 9 September 1997.
Patent 5,666,327: PORTABLE ACOUSTIC TURBULENCE DETECTOR; filed 2 
February 1996; patented 9 September 1997.
Patent 5,667,627: HAND HELD VACUUM HEAT SEALER APPARATUS; filed 15 
August 1995; patented 16 September 1997.
Patent 5,668,240: ENERGETIC NITRO POLYMER; filed 26 August 1996; 
patented 16 September 1997.
Patent 5,668,241: ENERGETIC FLOURONITRO POLYMER; filed 26 August 1996; 
patented 16 September 1997.

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Patent 5,668,653: HIGH-SPEED SWITCH FOR FAST ROUTING OF DATA PACKETS; 
filed 19 July 1995; patented 16 September 1997.
Patent 5,668,778: METHOD FOR DETECTING ACOUSTIC SIGNALS FROM AN 
UNDERWATER SOURCE; filed 9 July 1996; patented 16 September 1997.
Patent 5,669,560: NON-PULPABLES COLLECTION CHAMBER WITH REMOVABLE 
BASKET FOR SOLID WASTE PULPERS; filed 8 May 1996; patented 23 September 
1997.
Patent 5,669,776: CABLE CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY; filed 11 September 1996; 
patented 23 September 1997.
Patent 5,670,233: ACOUSTIC WINDOW AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME; filed 
29 June 1995; patented 23 September 1997.
Patent 5,670,942: ILLUMINATION AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE; filed 13 
December 1994; patented 23 September 1997.
Patent 5,671,138: FUZZY CONTROLLER FOR ACOUSTIC VEHICLE TARGET 
INTERCEPT GUIDANCE; filed 6 July 1995; patented 23 September 1997.
Patent 5,671,139: HIERARCHICAL FUZZY CONTROLLER FOR BEAM RIDER 
GUIDANCE; filed 6 July 1995; patented 23 September 1997.
Patent 5,671,140: FUZZY CONTROLLER FOR TARGET INTERCEPT GUIDANCE; filed 
6 July 1995; patented 23 September 1997.
Patent 5,671,294: SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INCORPORATING SEGMENTATION 
BOUNDARIES INTO THE CALCULATION OF FRACTAL DIMENSION FEATURES FOR 
TEXTURE DISCRIMINATION; filed 15 September 1994; patented 23 September 
1997.
Patent 5,671,722: PROJECTILE LAUNCHER; filed 29 May 1996; patented 30 
September 1997.
Patent 5,671,825: SHIELDED BEARING LUBRICATION; filed 19 November 1996; 
patented 30 September 1997.
Patent 5,672,228: VIBRATION-DAMPING OF STRUCTURAL PRODUCTS; filed 19 
September 1995; patented 30 September 1997.
Patent 5,680,210: INTERFEROMETRIC TARGET DETECTING APPARATUS HAVING A 
LIGHT SOURCE WITH MORE LORENTZIAN THAN GAUSSIAN SPECTRAL COMPONENTS; 
filed 5 January 1996; patented 21 October 1997.
Patent 5,686,686: HAND EMPLACED UNDERWATER MINE PENETRATION SYSTEM; 
filed 25 January 1996; patented 11 November 1997.
Patent application 08/605,816: BALLISTIC MODIFIERS FOR PROPELLANTS; 
filed 23 February 1996.
Patent application 08/613,744: SELECTIVELY CONTROLLED ELECTRICAL POWER 
SWITCHING SYSTEM; filed 22 February 1996.
Patent application 08/622,174: INSENSITIVE BINARY EXPLOSIVE; filed 28 
February 1996.
Patent application 08/625,506: ATMOSPHERIC OZONE CONCENTRATION 
DETECTOR; filed 29 March 1996.
Patent application 08/627,199: TERBIUM-DYSPROSIUM-ZINC AND TERBIUM-
GADOLINIUM-ZINC MAGNETOSTRICTIVE MATERIALS AND DEVICES; filed 3 April 
1996.
Patent application 08/682,902: INPUT/OUTPUT MODULE FOR A TESTER SYSTEM; 
filed 24 June 1996.
Patent application 08/695,912: METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEASURING SURFACE 
ROUGHNESS; filed 12 August 1996.
Patent application 08/696,083: INITIATOR POSITIONING TOOL; filed 13 
August 1996.
Patent application 08/700,573: DIRECTIONALLY SENSITIVE POINTING 
MICROPHONE; filed 7 August 1996.
Patent application 08/700,750: INTEGRATED ELECTRICAL POWER SUPPLY 
SYSTEM FOR PROPULSION AND SERVICE CONTROL; filed 16 August 1996.
Patent application 08/721,307: SINGLE FUZE FOLLOW-THROUGH GRENADE; 
filed 30 September 1996.
Patent application 08/758,044: HYDROPHONE FOR DETERMINING DIRECTION OF 
UNDERWATER SOUND; filed 27 November 1996.
Patent application 08/772,054: PORTABLE LAUNCHER; filed 5 December 
1996.
Patent application 08/788,569: SHOULDER-LAUNCHED MULTIPLE-PURPOSE 
ASSAULT WEAPON; filed 24 January 1997.
Patent application 08/788,631: BISTABLE PHOTOCONDUCTIVE SWITCHES 
PARTICULARLY SUITED FOR FREQUENCY-AGILE RADIO-FREQUENCY SOURCES; filed 
24 January 1997.
Patent application 08/807,128: SUPPRESSING CAVITATION IN A HYDRAULIC 
COMPONENT; filed 26 February 1997.
Patent application 08/810,168: SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HIGH RESOLUTION 
RANGE IMAGING WITH SLIT LIGHT SOURCE AND PATTERN MASK; filed 28 
February 1997.
Patent application 08/812,099: COOLING WITH THE USE OF A CAVITATING 
FLUID FLOW; filed 26 February 1997.
Patent application 08/814,064: PHASE DETECTION USING NEURAL NETWORKS; 
filed 10 March 1997.
Patent application 08/818,204: INFRARED TRANSPARENT SELENIDE GLASSES: 
filed 14 March 1997.
Patent application 08/818,686: NOVEL LINEAR METALLOCENE POLYMERS 
CONTAINING ACETYLENIC AND INORGANIC UNITS AND THERMOSETS AND CERAMICS 
THEREFROM; filed 18 March 1997.
Patent application 08/822,138: APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING NMR 
SPECTROSCOPY ON SOLID SAMPLE; filed 17 March 1997.
Patent application 08/823,950: OPTICAL FILTERS BASED ON UNIFORM ARRAYS 
OF METALLIC WAVEGUIDES; filed 8 April 1997.
Patent application 08/827,517: METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING 
HIGH-DENSITY SHEET PLASMA MIRRORS USING A SLOTTED-TUBE-CATHODE 
CONFIGURATION; filed 28 March 1997.
Patent application 08/827,518: ELECTRO-OPTICAL BROADBAND MICROWAVE 
FREQUENCY SHIFTER; filed 28 March 1997.
Patent application 08/831,282: IN SITU-FORMED DEBOND LAYER FOR FIBERS; 
filed 31 March 1997.
Patent application 08/833,482: WAVELET PROJECTION TRANSFORM FEATURES 
APPLIED TO REAL TIME PATTERN RECOGNITION; filed 7 April 1997.
Patent application 08/834,723: DEFORMABLE PROPELLER BLADE AND SHROUD; 
filed 1 April 1997.
Patent application 08/840,112: AMPLIFICATION OF SIGNALS FROM HIGH 
IMPEDANCE SOURCES; filed 24 March 1997.
Patent application 08/841,957: FORMATION OF NANOCRYSTALLINE 
SEMICONDUCTOR PARTICLES WITHIN A BICONTINUOUS CUBIC PHASE; filed 8 
April 1997.
Patent application 08/841,966: CHEMICALLY SPECIFIC PATTERNING ON SOLID 
SURFACES USING SURFACE IMMOBILIZED ENZYMES; filed 8 April 1997.
Patent application 08/843,809: INSERT FOR AN OPENING IN A COMPOSITE 
MATERIAL PRESSURE VESSEL; filed 21 April 1997.
Patent application 08/845,848: TEST SPECIMEN DESIGN

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INCORPORATING MULTIPLE FRACTURE SITES AND MULTIPLE STRAIN STATE 
MATERIAL FRACTURES; filed 28 April 1997.
Patent application 08/848,259: OPTICALLY TRANSPARENT, OPTICALLY 
STIMULABLE GLASS COMPOSITES FOR RADIATION DOSIMETRY; filed 29 April 
1997.
Patent application 08/848,623: NARROW BAND LASER SPECKLE SUPPRESSION; 
filed 29 April 1997.
Patent application 08/851,795: SHIP WAKE SIGNATURE SUPPRESSION; filed 6 
May 1997.
Patent application 08/854,511: SIGMA-DELTA MODULATOR FOR WIDE BANDWIDTH 
APPLICATIONS; filed 12 May 1997.
Patent application 08/856,700: METHODS AND MATERIALS FOR MAGNETIC 
RECORDING WHILE AVOIDING THE SUPERPARAMAGNETIC LIMIT; filed 15 May 
1997.
Patent application 08/859,334: INTERFEROMETRIC FIBER OPTIC DOPPLER 
VELOCIMETER WITH HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE; filed 20 May 1997.
Patent application 08/865,150: FIELD CALIBRATION OF THE NORMAL PRESSURE 
TRANSFER FUNCTION OF A COMPLIANT FLUID-FILLED CYLINDER; filed 29 May 
1997.
Patent application 08/865,151: METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FREQUENCY 
FILTERING USING AN ELASTIC, FLUID-FILLED CYLINDER; filed 29 May 1997.
Patent application 08/869,320: APPARATUS FOR CONTACTLESS MEASUREMENT OF 
THE ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE OF A CONDUCTOR; filed 3 June 1997.
Patent application 08/869,724: INSENSITIVE BINARY EXPLOSIVE; filed 15 
June 1997.
Patent application 08/870,263: OPTIMIZING THE COMPRESSIONAL WAVE ENERGY 
RESPONSE OF AN ELASTIC FLUID-FILLED CYLINDER; filed 29 May 1997.
Patent application 08/876,659: METHOD OF SUPPLYING MULTIPLE LOADS FROM 
MULTIPLE SOURCES OVER AN INTERCONNECTED NETWORK OF DEFINED PATHS; filed 
19 June 1997.
Patent application 08/882,001: MUZZLE BRAKE FOR AN UNDERWATER GUN; 
filed 19 May 1997.
Patent application 08/884,606: DEVICE FOR EXTRACTING AN INSERT FROM A 
CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY; filed 30 June 1997.
Patent application 08/885,668: METAL-COATED IR-TRANSMITTING 
CHALCOGENIDE GLASS FIBERS; filed 30 June 1997.
Patent application 08/888,383: PROCESS AND MATERIAL FOR WARHEAD 
CASINGS; filed 7 July 1997.
Patent application 08/903,242: THREE-DIMENSIONAL VOLUME SELECTION TOOL; 
filed 24 July 1997.
Patent application 08/903,250: METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INFRARED 
DETECTION OF A MOVING TARGET IN THE PRESENCE OF SOLAR CLUTTER; filed 31 
July 1997.
Patent application 08/903,330: SYSTEM FOR POSITIONING BORESIGHT 
CALIBRATION TOOLS; filed 29 July 1997.
Patent application 08/903,359: TRANSDUCING COMPOSITE OF SINTERED 
PIEZOELECTRIC CERAMIC GRANULES IN A POLYMER MATRIX; filed 30 July 1997.
Patent application 08/914,018: PERFORMANCE ORIENTED SHIPPING CONTAINER; 
filed 11 August 1997.
Patent application 08/920,289: SPINNING FOCAL PLANE ARRAY CAMERA 
PARTICULARLY SUITED FOR REAL TIME PATTERN RECOGNITION; filed 26 August 
1997.
Patent application 08/934,012: NOISE CODING PROCESSOR; filed 25 August 
1997.
Patent application 08/940,179: ELECTRICAL POWER DEVICES COOLING 
TECHNIQUE; filed 30 September 1997.
Patent application 08/940,734: HIGH TEMPERATURE SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT IN 
RUTHENIUM ALLOYS; filed 10 September 1997.
Patent application 08/941,667: UNIVERSAL CLIENT DEVICE PERMITTING A 
COMPUTER TO RECEIVE AND DISPLAY INFORMATION FROM SEVERAL SPECIAL 
APPLICATIONS SIMULTANEOUSLY; filed 30 September 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Mr. R.J. Erickson, Staff Patent 
Attorney, Office of Naval Research (Code OOCC), Arlington, VA 22217-
5660, telephone (703) 696-4001.

(Authority: 35 U.S.C. 207; 37 CFR Part 404)

    Dated: April 6, 1998.
Lou Rae Langevin,
LT, JAGC, USN, Alternate Federal Register Liaison Officer.
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