[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 207 (Tuesday, October 27, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57284-57286]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-28737]


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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.

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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.

ADDRESSES: 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 5,684,690: INTEGRATED ELECTRICAL POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM FOR 
PROPULSION AND SERVICE CONTROL; filed 16 August 1996; patented 4 
November 1997.//Patent 5,685,456: REGULATED DISPENSING SYSTEM; filed 24 
May 1995; patented 11 November 1997.//Patent 5,689,084: BONDING METHOD 
AND THE RESULTING ARTICLE; filed 25 October 1974; patented 18 November 
1997.//Patent 5,691,258: TWO PHASE HFB2-SIB4 MATERIAL; filed 24 June 
1996; patented 25 November 1997.//Patent 5,693,154: TERBIUM-DYSPROSIUM-
ZINC AND TERBIUM-GADOLINIUM-ZINC MAGNETOSTRICTIVE MATERIALS AND 
DEVICES; filed 3 April 1996; patented 2 December 1997.//Patent 
5,693,166: METHOD FOR FABRICATING A HIGH-DAMPING RIB-STIFFENED 
COMPOSITE HOLLOW CYLINDER CORE CONFIGURATION; filed 12 April 1995; 
patented 2 December 1997.//Patent 5,694,342: METHOD FOR DETECTING 
SIGNALS IN NON-GAUSSIAN BACKGROUND CLUTTER; filed 24 October 1996; 
patented 2 December 1997.//Patent 5,695,725: METHOD OF PREPARING 
MONOCLINIC BAO.A1203.2SIO2; filed 18 July 1989; patented 9 December 
1997.//Patent 5,696,691: SELF-ADJUSTING STATISTICAL NOISE ANALYZER WITH 
INTERFERENCE SUPPRESSION; filed 29 June 1995; patented 9 December 
1997.//Patent 5,696,736: HYDROPHONE FOR DETERMINING DIRECTION OF 
UNDERWATER SOUND; filed 27 November 1996; patented 9 December 1997.//
Patent 5,703,594: METHOD FOR REMOTELY DETECTING TIDES AND THE HEIGHT OF 
OTHER SURFACES; filed 24 June 1996; patented 30 December 1997.//Patent 
5,704,976: HIGH TEMPERATURE, HIGH RATE, EPITAXIAL SYNTHESIS OF DIAMOND 
IN A LAMINAR PLASMA; filed 8 May 1991; patented 6 January 1998.//Patent 
5,705,087: FUEL SYSTEM ICING INHIBITOR AND DEICING COMPOSITION; filed 
31 May 1996; patented 6 January 1998.//Patent 5,705,191: SUSTAINED 
DELIVERY OF ACTIVE COMPOUNDS FROM TUBULES, WITH RATIONAL CONTROL; filed 
18 August 1995; patented 6 January 1998.//Patent 5,705,769: 
VIBRATIONALLY DAMPED STRUCTURE; filed 14 May 1996; patented 6 January 
1998.//Patent 5,705,863: HIGH SPEED MAGNETOSTRICTIVE LINEAR MOTOR; 
filed 2 May 1995; patented 6 January 1998.//Patent 5,705,984: PASSIVE 
INTRUSION DETECTION SYSTEM; filed 10 May 1996; patented 6 January 
1998.//Patent 5,706,079: ULTRA-HIGH SENSITIVITY TRANSDUCER WITH CHIRPED 
BRAGG GRATING REFLECTOR; filed 29 September 1995; patented 6 January 
1998.//Patent 5,706,192: ANTIPHASE SWITCHING IN ARRAYS OF GLOBALLY 
COUPLED OSCILLATORS; filed 16 November 1995; patented 6 January 1998.//
Patent 5,706,253: ACOUSTIC RECEIVER ARRAY ASSEMBLY; filed 28 April 
1996; patented 6 January 1998.//Patent 5,707,702: EPOXY PIPELINING 
COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE; filed 26 June 1996; patented 13 
January 1998.//Patent 5,708,232: HIGHLY MANEUVERABLE UNDERWATER 
VEHICLE; filed 10 October 1996; patented 13 January 1998.//Patent 
5,708,626: TRAJECTORY MEASUREMENT SYSTEM FOR UNDERWATER VEHICLES; filed 
30 December 1996; patented 13 January 1998.//Patent 5,708,738: 
APPARATUS AND PROCESS FOR MAKING FIBER OPTIC BRAGG GRATINGS; filed 5 
March 1996; patented 13 January 1998.//Patent 5,708,739: METHOD AND 
APPARATUS FOR PHOTOBLEACHING PATTERNS IN IRRADIATED OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; 
filed 9 September 1996; patented 13 January 1998.//Patent 5,709,046: 
SINGLE TRIGGER DUAL FIRING MECHANISM; filed 14 August 1995; patented 20 
January 1998.//Patent 5,710,431: OUTDOOR SCENE SIMULATING APPARATUS FOR 
TESTING AN INFRARED IMAGING DEVICE; filed 5 September 1996; patented 20 
January 1998.//Patent 5,712,424: METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING 
DIESEL ENGINE CYLINDER PRESSURE; filed 25 March 1996; patented 27 
January 1998.//Patent 5,712,442: METHOD FOR LAUNCHING PROJECTILES WITH 
HYDROGEN GAS; filed 27 May 1988; patented 27 January 1998.//Patent 
5,712,447: VIBRATIONALLY AND ACOUSTICALLY INSULATED STRUCTURE; filed 14 
May 1996; patented 27 January 1998.//Patent 5,712,511: PREPARATION OF 
FINE PARTICULATE CL-20; filed 3 March 1997; patented 27 January 1998.//
Patent 5,712,959: NEURAL NETWORK ARCHITECTURE FOR NON-GAUSSIAN 
COMPONENTS OF A MIXTURE DENSITY FUNCTION; filed 7 July 1995; patented 
27 January 1998.//Patent 5,713,239: PROJECTILE TESTING SYSTEM AND 
METHOD; filed 28 August 1996; patented 3 February 1998.//Patent 
5,714,279: NON-AQUEOUS LITHIUM CELLS; filed 24 October 1989; patented 3 
February 1998.//Patent 5,714,378: PSEUDOMONAS CHLORORAPHIS 
MICROORGANISM POLYURETHANE DEGRADING ENZYME OBTAINED THEREFROM AND 
METHOD OF USING ENZYME; filed 31 March 1995; patented 3 February 1998./
/Patent 5,714,713: ACOUSTIC ABSORBING DEVICE; filed 14 May 1996; 
patented 3 February 1998.//Patent 5,714,714: PROCESS FOR PREPARING 
AMMONIUM DINITRAMIDE; filed 15 October 1992; patented 3 February 1998./
/Patent 5,714,793: COMPLEMENTARY VERTICAL BIPOLAR JUNCTION TRANSISTORS 
FORMED IN SILICON-ON-SAPPHIRE; filed 21 August 1996; patented 3 
February 1998.//Patent 5,714,901: HYSTERETIC COUPLING SYSTEM; filed 19 
July 1995; patented 3 February 1998.//Patent 5,717,159: LEAD-FREE 
PERCUSSION PRIMER MIXES BASED ON METASTABLE INTERSTITIAL COMPOSITE 
(MIC) TECHNOLOGY;

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filed 19 February 1997; patented 10 February 1998.//Patent 5,717,582: 
SELECTIVELY CONTROLLED ELECTRICAL POWER SWITCHING SYSTEM; filed 22 
February 1996; patented 10 February 1998.//Patent 5,717,657: ACOUSTICAL 
CAVITATION SUPPRESSOR FOR FLOW FIELDS; filed 24 June 1996; patented 10 
February 1998.//Patent 5,717,658: TRAWLING SONAR SYSTEM; filed 5 August 
1996; patented 10 February 1998.// Patent 5,718,322: CONVEYOR SAFETY 
TRAY; filed 21 March 1996; patented 17 February 1998.//Patent 
5,719,061: FLUORESCENT DETECTION OF HYDRAZINE, MONOMETHYLHYDRAZINE, AND 
1.1-DIMETHYLHYDRAZINE BY DERIVATIZATION WITH AROMATIC 
DICARBOXALDEHYDES; filed 20 October 1994; patented 17 February 1998.//
Patent 5,719,545: HIGH POWER FACTOR SHIELDED SUPERCONDUCTING 
TRANSFORMER; filed 12 October 1994; patented 17 February 1998.//Patent 
5,721,131: SURFACE MODIFICATION OF POLYMERS WITH SELF-ASSEMBLED 
MONOLAYERS THAT PROMOTE ADHESION, OUTGROWTH AND DIFFERENTIATION OF 
BIOLOGICAL CELLS; filed 28 April 1994; patented 24 February 1998.//
Patent 5,721,391: ELECTRONIC FIRING CIRCUIT; filed 26 August 1996; 
patented 24 February 1998.//Patent 5,721,632: EXCITED STATE 
POLARIZATION ALTERING OPTICAL FILTER; filed 30 August 1995; patented 24 
February 1998.//Patent 5,721,712: AIRCRAFT DETECTION SYSTEM; filed 5 
August 1996; patented 24 February 1998.//Patent 5,722,090: BACK-
REINFORCED TWO-PIECE UPPER TORSO ASSEMBLY FOR ARTICULATED ONE-
ATMOSPHERE DIVING SUIT; filed 15 July 1996; patented 3 March 1998.//
Patent 5,722,141: FASTENER RETAINER REMOVAL TOOL; filed 11 July 1996; 
patented 3 March 1998.//Patent 5,724,135: HYPER-SPECTRAL IMAGING USING 
ROTATIONAL SPECTRO-TOMOGRAPHY; filed 27 March 1996; patented 3 March 
1998.//Patent 5,724,162: OPTICAL CORRELATOR USING SPATIAL LIGHT 
MODULATOR; filed 27 November 1995; patented 3 March 1998.//Patent 
5,724,174: INTERSUBBAND ELECTRO-OPTICAL MODULATORS BASED ON INTERVALLEY 
TRANSFER IN ASYMMETRIC DOUBLE QUANTUM WELLS; filed 11 January 1996; 
patented 3 March 1998.//Patent 5,724,305: APPARATUS FOR ACOUSTIC NEAR 
FIELD SCANNING USING CONFORMAL ARRAYAL; filed 30 June 1995; patented 3 
March 1998.//Patent 5,724,315: OMNIDIRECTIONAL ULTRASONIC MICROPROBE 
HYDROPHONE; filed 29 May 1996; patented 3 March 1998.//Patent 
5,724,487: NEURAL NETWORK FOR MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD CLASSIFICATION WITH 
SUPERVISED AND UNSUPERVISED TRAINING CAPABILITY; filed 7 July 1995; 
patented 3 March 1998.//Patent 5,726,747: COMPUTER CONTROLLED OPTICAL 
TRACKING SYSTEM; filed 22 April 1996; patented 10 March 1998.//Patent 
5,727,298: ROLLER SHAFT EXTRACTOR; filed 19 September 1996; patented 17 
March 1998.//Patent 5,727,381: DUCT FLOW CONTROL SYSTEM; filed 19 
February 1997; patented 17 March 1998.//Patent 5,727,561: METHOD AND 
APPARATUS FOR NON-INVASIVE DETECTION AND ANALYSIS OF TURBULENT FLOW IN 
A PATIENT'S BLOOD VESSELS; filed 23 April 1996; patented 17 March 
1998.//Patent 5,727,906: HEATED SHELTER FOR DIVER DECOMPRESSION; filed 
10 May 1996; patented 17 March 1998.//Patent 5,728,944: PHOTOELASTIC 
STRESS SENSOR; filed 17 January 1996; patented 17 March 1998.//Patent 
5,729,100: METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING BACKLASH IN MOTOR DRIVE 
SYSTEMS; filed 3 February 1997; patented 17 March 1998.//Patent 
5,729,171: PREAMPLIFIER WITH ADJUSTABLE INPUT RESISTANCE; filed 1 June 
1992; patented 17 March 1998.//Patent 5,729,239: VOLTAGE CONTROLLED 
FERROELECTRIC LENS PHASED ARRAY; filed 31 August 1995; patented 17 
March 1998.//Patent 5,729,338: COMPUTER CONTROLLED OPTICAL TRACKING 
SYSTEM; filed 1 July 1996; patented 17 March 1998.//Patent 5,729,582: 
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING BOTH DENSITY AND ATOMIC NUMBER OF 
A MATERIAL COMPOSITION USING COMPTON SCATTERING, filed 31 May 1996; 
patented 17 March 1998.//Patent 5,730,144: METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR 
PREDICTING THE EFFICACY OF CARDIOVERSION; filed 10 July 1996; patented 
24 March 1998.//Patent 5,730,597: LIP AND CHEEK RETRACTOR; filed 5 June 
1996; patented 24 March 1998.//Patent 5,732,044: SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR 
COMPENSATING FOR DOPPLER SHIFTS IN SIGNALS BY DOWNSAMPLING; filed 19 
September 1996; patented 24 March 1998.//Patent 5,732,045: FLUCTUATIONS 
BASED DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSOR INCLUDING PHASE VARIATIONS; filed 31 
December 1996; patented 24 March 1998.//Patent 5,732,499: SHOULDER-
LAUNCHED MULTIPLE-PURPOSE ASSAULT WEAPON; filed 24 January 1997; 
patented 31 March 1998.//Patent 5,733,485: ELIMINATION OF SURFACE 
IRREGULARITIES ON THE WRAPAROUND WINDOW OF A TORPEDO NOSE ARRAY; filed 
26 August 1996; patented 31 March 1998.//Patent 5,733,606: INTER-LEVEL 
DIELECTRICS WITH LOW DIELECTRIC CONSTANTS; filed 28 February 1997; 
patented 31 March 1998.//Patent 5,733,679: BATTERY SYSTEM AND A METHOD 
FOR GENERATING ELECTRICAL POWER; filed 8 January 1997; patented 31 
March 1998.//Patent 5,734,578: OPTICAL RF SPECTRUM ANALYZER; filed 13 
February 1996; patented 31 March 1998.//Patent 5,734,624: WIDE-BAND 
OMNI TELEMETRY SYSTEM; filed 31 October 1996; patented 31 March 1998.//
Patent 5,734,667: POLARIZATION-STABLE LASER; filed 28 April 1995; 
patented 31 March 1998.//Patent 5,734,797: SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR 
DETERMINING CLASS DISCRIMINATION FEATURES; filed 23 August 1996; 
patented 31 March 1998.//Patent 5,735,927: METHOD FOR PRODUCING CORE/
CLAD GLASS OPTICAL FIBER PREFORMS USING HOT ISOSTATIC PRESSING; filed 
28 June 1996; patented 7 April 1998.//Patent 5,736,257: 
PHOTOACTIVATABLE POLYMERS FOR PRODUCING PATTERNED BIOMOLECULAR 
ASSEMBLIES; filed 25 April 1995; patented 7 April 1998.//Patent 
5,736,313: METHOD OF LYOPHILIZING PLATELETS BY INCUBATION WITH HIGH 
CARBOHYDRATE CONCENTRATIONS AND SUPERCOOLING PRIOR TO FREEZING; filed 
20 October 1995; patented 7 April 1998.//Patent 5,739,536: FIBER OPTIC 
INFRARED CONE PENETROMETER SYSTEM; filed 14 December 1995; patented 14 
April 1998.//Patent 5,744,337: INTERNAL GELATION METHOD FOR FORMING 
MULTILAYER MICROSPHERES AND PRODUCT THEREOF; filed 26 December 1995; 
patented 28 April 1998.//Patent 5,745,234: VARIABLE ANGLE REFLECTOMETER 
EMPLOYING AN INTEGRATING SPHERE AND A LIGHT CONCENTRATOR; filed 31 July 
1995; patented 28 April 1998.//Patent 5,746,942: ERBIUM-DOPED LOW 
PHONON HOSTS AS SOURCES OF FLUORESCENT EMISSION; filed 31 January 1996; 
patented 5 May 1998.//Patent 5,748,312: SENSING APPARATUS AND METHOD 
FOR DETECTING STRAIN BETWEEN FIBER

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BRAGG GRATING SENSORS INSCRIBED INTO AN OPTICAL FIBER; filed 19 
September 1995; patented 5 May 1998.//Patent application 08/733,455: 
SENSE AMPLIFIER CONTROL SYSTEM FOR FERROELECTRIC MEMORIES; filed 18 
October 1996.//Patent application 08/734,824: OMNIDIRECTIONAL AND 
CONTROLLABLE WING USING FLUID EJECTION; filed 22 October 1996.//Patent 
application 08/736,176: NEURAL NETWORK BASED HELICOPTER LOW AIRSPEED 
INDICATOR; 24 October 1996.//Patent application 08/759,359: APPARATUS 
FOR MONITORING ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS AT NETWORK SITES; filed 12 
November 1996.//Patent application 08/759,361: APPARATUS FOR OPTIMIZING 
THE ROTATIONAL SPEED OF COOLING FANS; filed 12 November 1996.//Patent 
application 08/779,876: FLOW ENERGIZING SYSTEM FOR TURBOMACHINERY; 
filed 6 January 1997.//Patent application 8/805,529: NANOSTRUCTURED 
CERAMIC NITRIDE POWDERS AND A METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME; filed 25 
February 1997.//Patent application 08/806,044: BRIDGE CONFIGURATION FOR 
A MAGNETO-RESISTIVE LINEAR-DISPLACEMENT SENSOR; filed 13 January 1997./
/Patent application 08/835,970: METHOD AND APPARATUS OF CLASSIFYING 
MARINE SEDIMENTS; filed 11 April 1997.//Patent application 08/854,032: 
PASSIVE PIEZOELECTRIC PROSTHESIS FOR THE INNER EAR; filed 9 May 1997.// 
Patent application 08/864,320: METHOD OF PRODUCING A FILM COATING BY 
MATRIX ASSISTED PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; filed 28 May 1997.//Patent 
application 08/883,037: RE(x)M(1-x)Mn(y)O(delta) FILMS FOR 
MICROBOLOMETER-BASED IR FOCAL PLANE ARRAYS; filed 26 June 1997.//Patent 
application 08/886,574: DESALINATION THROUGH METHANE HYDRATE; filed 30 
June 1997.//Patent application 08/933,559: MECHANICAL STRAIN RELIEF; 
filed 19 September 1997.//Patent application 08/940,736: COMPOUNDS 
LABELED WITH CYANATE OR THIOCYANATE METAL COMPLEXES FOR DETECTION BY 
INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; filed 30 September 1997.//Patent application 08/
951,968: REGULATED GAS SOURCE FOR UNDERWATER GUN OPERATION; filed 16 
October 1997.//Patent application 08/953,786: SELF POWERED UNDERWATER 
ACOUSTIC ARRAY; filed 14 October 1997.//Patent application 08/954,883: 
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RETAINING WIRES IN A CYLINDRICAL TUBE; filed 9 
October 1997.//Patent application 08/954,884: ECHO SIMULATOR FOR ACTIVE 
SONAR; filed 9 October 1997.//Patent application 08/967,740: SYSTEM AND 
METHOD FOR RECOVERING A SIGNAL OF INTEREST FROM A PHASE MODULATED 
SIGNAL USING QUADRATURE SAMPLING; filed 10 November 1997.//Patent 
application 08/967,741: DEMODULATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECOVERING A 
SIGNAL OF INTEREST FROM AN UNDERSAMPLED, MODULATED CARRIER; filed 10 
November 1997.//Patent application 08/969,530: VXI TEST EXECUTIVE; 
filed 16 September 1997.//Patent application 08/972,402: NANOPARTICLE 
PHOSPHORS MANUFACTURED USING THE BICONTINUOUS CUBIC PHASE PROCESS; 
filed 18 November 1997.//Patent application 08/976,133: VIBRATION 
ISOLATING FLANGE ASSEMBLY; filed 29 September 1997.//Patent application 
08/978,165: SHOULDER-LAUNCHED MULTI-PURPOSE ASSAULT WEAPON; filed 25 
November 1997.//Patent application 08/986,979: METHOD FOR 
CHARACTERIZING CONGESTION OF OBJECTS IN THREE DIMENSIONS; filed 8 
December 1997.//Patent application 09/008,921: BULKHEAD PENETRATOR AND 
METHOD FOR SEPARATING CABLES FROM A BULKHEAD PENETRATOR; filed 20 
January 1998.//Patent application 09/013,465: ACOUSTIC VECTOR SENSING 
SONAR SYSTEM; filed 27 January 1998.//Patent application 09/014,688: 
SUPERCAVITATING WATER-ENTRY PROJECTILE; filed 28 January 1998.//Patent 
application 09/047,335: MONITOR PARTICULARLY SUITED FOR NAVAL TACTICAL 
DATA SYSTEM (NTDS) INTERFACES TYPES A AND B; filed 25 March 1998.//
Patent application 09/050,964: RAPID, HIGH-RESOLUTION SCANNING OF FLAT 
AND CURVED REGIONS FOR GATED OPTICAL IMAGING; filed 31 March 1998.//
Patent application 09/053,712: MONITOR PARTICULARLY SUITED FOR NAVAL 
TACTICAL DATA SYSTEM (NTDS) INTERFACE TYPE E; filed 2 April 1998.//
Patent application 09/056,715: WRENCH-TO-BOLT COUPLING ASSEMBLY; filed 
8 April 1998.//
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: October 19, 1998.
Ralph W. Corey,
Commander, Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Navy, Federal Register 
Liaison Officer.
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