[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 187 (Monday, September 28, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 51567]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-25862]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army


Availability of U.S. Patents for Non-Exclusive, Exclusive, or 
Partially-Exclusive Licensing

AGENCY: Army Research Laboratory, DOD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with 37 CFR 404.6, announcement is made of the 
availability of the following U.S. patents for non-exclusive, partially 
exclusive or exclusive licensing. All of the listed patents have been 
assigned to the United States of America as represented by the 
Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC.
    These patents cover a wide variety of technical arts including: A 
method for generating simulated terrain surfaces, a method for 
approximating the dynamic effects of atmospheric turbulence on infrared 
digital imagery, a method for depositing thin films on solid objects 
and a method of making ferrolectric thin film composites.
    Under the authority of section 11(a)(2) of the Federal Technology 
Transfer Act of 1986 (Pub. L. 99-502) and section 207 of Title 35, 
United States Code, the Department of the Army as represented by the 
U.S. Army Research Laboratory wish to license the U.S. patents listed 
below in a non-exclusive, exclusive or partially exclusive manner to 
any party interested in manufacturing, using, and/or selling devices or 
processes covered by these patents.
    Title: Method for Generating and Modifying Simulated Terrain 
Surfaces and Representing Terrain Related Processes.
    Inventors: Joseph K. Wald, Carolyn J. Patterson and MaryAnne 
Fields.
    Patent Number: 5,790,123.
    Issued Date: Aug. 4, 1998.

    Title: Method for Producing Films of Uniform Thickness by Ion-
Assisted Deposition.
    Inventor: Wolfgang Franzen.
    Patent Number: 5,789,041.
    Issued Date: Aug. 4, 1998.

    Title: Method of Making Ferrolectric Thin Film Composites.
    Inventors: Somnath Sengupta and Louise Sengupta.
    Patent Number: 5,766,697.
    Issued Date: Jun. 16, 1998.

    Title: Simplified Simulation of Effects of Turbulence on Digital 
Imagery.
    Inventors: Wendell R. Watkins, Fernando R. Palacios, Daniel 
Billingsley and Jay B. Jordan.
    Patent Number: 5,756,990.
    Issued Date: May 26, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mr. Michael Rausa, Technology Transfer Office, AMSRL-CS-TT, U.S. Army 
Research Laboratory, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland 21005-5055, tel: 
(410) 278-5028; fax: (410) 278-5820.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: None.
Mary V. Yonts,
Alternate Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-25862 Filed 9-25-98; 8:45 am]
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