[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 218 (Thursday, November 12, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63303-63304]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-30266]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy


Notice of Intent To Grant Exclusive Patent License; Graviton, 
Inc.

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DOD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Navy hereby gives notice of its intent 
to grant to Graviton, Inc., a revocable, nonassignable, exclusive 
license in the United States and certain foreign countries, to practice 
the Government-owned inventions described in U.S. Patent No. 5,372,930 
entitled ``Sensor for Ultra-Low Concentration Molecular Recognition'' 
issued December 13, 1994; U.S. Patent No. 5,807,758 entitled ``Chemical 
and Biological Sensor Using An Ultra-Sensitive Force Transducer'' 
issued September 15, 1998; U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 08/
794,979 (Navy Case No. 77,576) entitled ``Biosensor Using Magnetically-
Detected Label'' filed February 5, 1997; U.S. Patent Application Serial 
No. 09/008,782 (Navy Case No. 78,183) entitled ``Force Discrimination 
Assay'' filed January 20, 1998; U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 09/
074,541 (Navy Case No. 78,838) entitled ``Apparatus and Method for 
Measuring Intermolecular Interactions by Atomic Force Microscopy'' 
filed May 8, 1998; in the field of pharmaceutical biological assays, 
clinical diagnostics, and biochemical sensors.

DATES: Anyone wishing to object to the grant of this license must file 
written objections along with supporting evidence, if any, not later 
than January 11, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Written objections are to be filed with the Office of Naval 
Research, ONR OOCC, Ballston Tower One, 800 North Quincy Street, 
Arlington, Virginia 22217-5660.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Richard H. Rein, Head, Technology 
Transfer Office, NRL Code 1004, 4555 Overlook Avenue, SW., Washington, 
DC 20375-5320, telephone (202) 767-7230.


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    Authority: 35 U.S.C. 207, 37 CFR part 404.

    Dated: November 3, 1998.
Ralph W. Corey,
Commander, Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Navy, Federal Register 
Liaison Officer.
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