[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 80 (Tuesday, April 27, 1999)] [Notices] [Pages 22600-22603] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 99-10532] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Department of the Navy Availability of Government-Owned Inventions for Licensing AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DOD. [[Page 22601]] ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, DC 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, VA 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 5,745,284: SOLID-STATE LASER SOURCE OF TUNABLE NARROW- BANDWIDTH ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; filed 1 May 1996; patented 28 April 1998.//Patent 5,757,358: METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCING COMPUTER- USER SELECTION OF COMPUTER-DISPLAYED OBJECTS THROUGH DYNAMIC SELECTION AREA AND CONSTANT VISUAL FEEDBACK; filed 5 June 1995; patented 26 May 1998.//Patent 5,757,867: DIGITAL MIXING TO BASEBAND DECIMATION FILTER; filed 30 March 1995; patented 26 May 1998.//Patent 5,760,722: DISTRIBUTED QUANTIZATION NOISE TRANSMISSION ZEROS IN CASCADED SIGMA- DELTA MODULATORS; filed 31 January 1995; patented 2 June 1998.//Patent 5,762,611: EVALUATION OF A SUBJECT`S INTEREST IN EDUCATION, TRAINING AND OTHER MATERIALS USING BRAIN ACTIVITY PATTERNS; filed 12 November 1996; patented 9 June 1998.//Patent 5,764,677: LASER DIODE POWER COMBINER; filed 14 December 1995; patented 9 June 1998.//Patent 5,770,815: AMMUNITION CARTRIDGE WITH REDUCED PROPELLANT CHARGE; filed 14 August 1995; patented 23 June 1998.//Patent 5,774,690: METHOD FOR OPTIMIZATION OF ELEMENT PLACEMENT IN A THINNED ARRAY; filed 14 September 1995; patented 30 June 1998.//Patent 5,776,861: HIGH TEMPERATURE MERCURY-CONTAINING SUPERCONDUCTORS AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME; filed 28 April 1995; patented 7 July 1998.//Patent 5,777,400: SHIELDED COMPUTER NETWORK SWITCH; filed 22 July 1996; patented 7 July 1998.//Patent 5,777,456: NICAD DEEP CYCLE CHARGING/DISCHARGING SYSTEM; filed 30 September 1996; patented 7 July 1998.//Patent 5,777,477: METHOD OF MAGNETIC SOURCE LOCALIZATION USING GRADIENT TENSOR COMPONENTS AND RATE TENSOR COMPONENTS; filed 3 June 1996; patented 7 July 1998.// Patent 5,777,897: METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING THE ROTATIONAL SPEED OF COOLING FANS; filed 26 November 1996; patented 7 July 1998.//Patent 5,777,948: METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREFORMING MUTATIONS IN A GENETIC ALGORITHM- BASED UNDERWATER TARGET TRACKING SYSTEM; filed 12 November 1996; patented 7 July 1998.//Patent 5,777,949: TRAJECTORY MATCHED PASSIVE DETECTION SYSTEM; filed 23 January 1997; patented 7 July 1998.//Patent 5,778,002: MULTIPLEXING/DEMULTIPLEXING SYSTEM FOR ASYNCHRONOUS HIGH AND LOW-SPEED DATA; filed 13 August 1997; patented 7 July 1998.//Patent 5,778,125: OPTICAL FIBER TERMINATIONS; filed 30 October 1996; patented 7 July 1998.//Patent 5,778,725: ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR TESTING AN UNDERWATER GUN; filed 7 November 1996; patented 14 July 1998.//Patent 5,778,876: SELF-CONTAINED OXYGEN REBREATHER WITH SEMI-PERMEABLE MEMBRANE TO VENT EXCESS HELIUM; filed 11 February 1997; patented 14 July 1998.//Patent 5,779,757: PROCESS FOR REMOVING HYDROGEN AND CARBON IMPURITIES FROM GLASSES BY ADDING A TELLURIUM HALIDE; filed 26 June 1996; patented 14 July 1998.//Patent 5,780,178: SCANDIA, YTTRIA- STABILIZED ZIRCONIA FOR ULTRA-HIGH TEMPERATURE THERMAL BARRIER COATINGS; filed 31 October 1996; patented 14 July 1998.//Patent 5,780,729: FUEL DELIVERY SYSTEM; filed 24 July 1996; patented 14 July 1998.//Patent 5,780,769: THERMAL STABILIZATION OF N.N-DINITRAMIDE SALTS; filed 26 August 1996; patented 14 July 1998.//Patent 5,781,298: LIGHT MIXING TECHNIQUE FOR ISOLATION AND AMPLIFICATION OF LASER SIGNAL FROM BACKGROUND NOISE DUE TO SCATTERING IN TURBID MEDIA; filed 26 November 1996; patented 14 July 1998.//Patent 5,781,460: SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CHAOTIC SIGNAL IDENTIFICATION; filed 28 June 1996; patented 14 July 1998.//Patent 5,781,504: SHALLOW WATER BEAMFORMING METHODOLOGY FOR TOROIDAL VOLUME SEARCH SONAR; filed 5 June 1997; patented 14 July 1998.//Patent 5,781,505: SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOCATING A TRAJECTORY AND A SOURCE OF A PROJECTILE; filed 14 October 1997; patented 14 July 1998.//Patent 5,781,506: METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FREQUENCY FILTERING USING AN ELASTIC FLUID-FILLED CYLINDER; filed 29 May 1997; patented 14 July 1998.//Patent 5,781,508: OPTIMIZING THE COMPRESSIONAL WAVE ENERGY RESPONSE OF AN ELASTIC FLUID-FILLED CYLINDER; filed 29 May 1997; patented 14 July 1998.//Patent 5,781,509: WIDE BEAM ARRAY WITH SHARP CUTOFF; filed 28 May 1996; patented 14 July 1998.//Patent 5,783,441: GENE AND PROTEIN APPLICABLE TO THE PREPARATION OF VACCINES FOR RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII AND RICKETTSIA TYPHI AND THE DETECTION OF BOTH; filed 20 December 1993; patented 21 July 1998.//Patent 5,783,732: 2:2 MIXED FLUORO-, AND FLUORONITROALKYL ORTHOCARBONATES; filed 30 March 1981; patented 21 July 1998.//Patent 5,784,067: SOFTWARE OBJECT FOR PROVIDING A DISPLAY OF A SCROLLING REAL-TIME GRAPH AND WHICH PROVIDES FOR INSERTION AND UP-DATING OF PLOTS OF REAL TIME DATA INTO THE DISPLAY; filed 22 July 1996; patented 21 July 1998.//Patent 5,784,297: MODEL IDENTIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF ERROR STRUCTURES IN SIGNAL PROCESSING; filed 13 January 1997; patented 21 July 1998.//Patent 5,784,337: TOWED ARRAY WITH NON-ACOUSTIC SENSOR MODULE; filed 21 January 1997; patented 21 July 1998.//Patent 5,785,591: MOBILE SAFETY STRUCTURE WITH SEPARATE COMPARTMENTS FOR CONTAINMENT AND HANDLING OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; filed 7 January 1997; patented 28 July 1998.// Patent 5,786,287: IR TRANSMITTING RARE EARTH GALLOGERMANATE GLASS- CERAMICS; filed 15 November 1996; patented 28 July 1998.//Patent 5,786,545: UNMANNED UNDERSEA VEHICLE WITH KEEL-MOUNTED PAYLOAD DEPLOYMENT SYSTEM; filed 11 October 1995; patented 28 July 1998.// Patent 5,786,750: PILOT VEHICLE WHICH IS USEFUL FOR MONITORING HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS ON RAILROAD TRACKS; filed 21 February 1997; patented 28 July 1998.//Patent 5,786,919: DATA MULTIPLEXING NODE FOR LINE ARRAY; filed 5 September 1996; [[Page 22602]] patented 28 July 1998.//Patent 5,787,048: SHIP WAKE SIGNATURE SUPPRESSION; filed 6 May 1997; patented 28 July 1998.//Patent 5,787,053: CONTINUOUS FIBER PULSE REFLECTING MEANS; filed 7 July 1989; patented 28 July 1998.//Patent 5,787,201: HIGH ORDER FRACTAL FEATURE EXTRACTION FOR CLASSIFICATION OF OBJECTS IN IMAGES; filed 9 April 1996; patented 28 July 1998.//Patent 5,787,408: SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING NODE FUNCTIONALITY IN ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS; filed 23 August 1996; patented 28 July 1998.//Patent 5,788,222: DEVICE FOR INSERTING A LINEAR ARRAY MODULE INTO LONG SMALL DIAMETER PRESSURE VESSELS; filed 24 July 1996; patented 4 August 1998.//Patent 5,789,696: METHOD FOR LAUNCHING PROJECTILES WITH HYDROGEN GAS; filed 14 August 1997; patented 4 August 1998.//Patent 5,789,931: QUANTITATIVE MOBILITY SPECTRUM ANALYSIS FOR MAGNETIC FIELD DEPENDENT HALL AND RESISTIVITY DATA; filed 4 October 1995; patented 4 August 1998.// Patent 5,790,758: NEURAL NETWORK ARCHITECTURE FOR GAUSSIAN COMPONENTS OF A MIXTURE DENSITY FUNCTION; filed 7 July 1995; patented 4 August 1998.//Patent 5,790,896: APPARATUS FOR A TESTING SYSTEM WITH A PLURALITY OF FIRST CONNECTION HAVING A STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTIC AND A PLURALITY OF SECOND CONNECTION HAVING A DIFFERENT STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTIC THAN THE FIRST CONNECTION; filed 24 June 1996; patented 4 August 1998.//Patent 5,791,275: SURFACE LAYER COMPRISING MICROFABRICATED TILES FOR ELECTROMAGNETIC CONTROL OF FLUID TURBULENCE IN SEA WATER; filed 14 June 1996; patented 11 August 1998.//Patent 5,791,591: TARGET SEEKING FREE GYRO; filed 28 April 1997; patented 11 August 1998.//Patent 5,792,351: SPINNING FILTER SEPARATION SYSTEM FOR OIL SPILL CLEAN-UP OPERATION; filed 26 September 1996; patented 11 August 1998.//Patent 5,792,950: SUBMARINE DEPLOYED SEA-STATE SENSOR; filed 16 January 1996; patented 11 August 1998.//Patent 5,792,978: BARGE STRIKE EXPLOSIVE CLEARANCE SYSTEM; filed 27 May 1997; patented 11 August 1998.//Patent 5,793,667: SENSE AMPLIFIER CONTROL SYSTEM FOR FERROELECTRIC MEMORIES; 18 October 1996; patented 11 August 1998.//Patent 5,795,159: MERCURY REMOVAL METHOD AND APPARATUS; filed 2 February 1996; patented 18 August 1998.// Patent 5,795,813: RADIATION-HARDENING OF SOI BY ION IMPLANTATION INTO THE BURIED OXIDE LAYER; filed 31 May 1996; patented 18 August 1998.// Patent 5,797,342: SUBMERSIBLE DEVICE LAUNCHER; filed 10 July 1997; patented 25 August 1998.// Patent 5,797,965: SUPPRESSION OF EPILEPTIFORM ACTIVITY; filed 26 March 1997; patented 25 August 1998.// Patent 5,798,540: ELECTRONIC DEVICES WITH INALASSB/ ALSB BARRIER; filed 29 April 1997; patented 25 August 1998.//Patent 5,799,026: INTERBAND QUANTUM WELL CASCADE LASER, WITH A BLOCKING QUANTUM WELL FOR IMPROVED QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; filed 1 November 1996; patented 25 August 1998.// Patent 5,800,459: ELECTRIC FIELD CONTROL OF EPILEPTIFORM ACTIVITY; filed 24 December 1996; patented 1 September 1998.//Patent 5,800,536: PASSIVE PIEZOELECTRIC PROSTHESIS FOR THE INNER EAR; filed 9 May 1997.// Patent 5,800,720: SPINNING FILTER SEPARATION SYSTEM FOR OIL SPILL CLEAN-UP OPERATION; filed 10 October 1997; patented 1 September 1998.// Patent 5,800,879: DEPOSITION OF HIGH QUALITY DIAMOND FILM ON REFRACTORY NITRIDE; filed 16 May 1991; patented 1 September 1998.//Patent 5,800,934: ZINC OXIDE STABILIZED ZIRCONIA; filed 27 February 1997; patented 1 September 1998.//Patent 5,801,321: LOW COST ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY FLARE; filed 24 June 1997; patented 1 September 1998.//Patent 5,804,321: DIAMOND BRAZED TO A METAL; filed 30 July 1993; patented 8 September 1998.// Patent 5,804,475: METHOD OF FORMING AN INTERBAND LATERAL RESONANT TUNNELING TRANSISTOR; filed 19 June 1996; patented 8 September 1998.//Patent 5,804,715: HYDRODYNAMIC DAMPENING SYSTEM FOR THE PRECISE MEASUREMENT OF DYNAMIC SEDIMENT PORE WATER PRESSURE; filed 24 December 1996; patented 8 September 1998.//Patent 5,804,967: APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING SHORT PULSES FOR NMR AND NQR PROCESSING; filed 15 November 1996; patented 8 September 1998.//Patent 5,805,326: OPTICAL LIMITER STRUCTURE AND METHOD; filed 6 May 1994; patented 8 September 1998.//Patent 5,805,526: ECHO DETECTION DOPPLER GATE; filed 6 August 1970; patented 8 September 1998.//Patent 5,805,753: OPTICAL FIBERS WITH HIGH ACCELERATION SENSITIVITY AND LOW PRESSURE SENSITIVITY; filed 25 September 1996; patented 8 September 1998.//Patent 5,806,457: SUBMERSIBLE VEHICLE HULL PORTION HAVING INTEGRALLY FORMED FLUID TANK; filed 17 January 1997; patented 15 September 1998.//Patent 5,807,758: CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SENSOR USING AN ULTRA-SENSITIVE FORCE TRANSDUCER; filed 21 July 1995; patented 15 September 1998.//Patent 5,807,953: THERMOSTET POLYMERS FROM INORGANIC ARYLACETYLENIC MONOMERS; filed 26 July 1996; patented 15 September 1998.//Patent 5,807,967: FLUOROALIPHATIC CYANATE RESINS FOR LOW DIELECTRIC APPLICATIONS; filed 21 March 1996; patented 15 September 1998.//Patent 5,808,965: LABORATORY TEST METHOD TO MEASURE TOWED ARRAY HYDROPHONE RESPONSE; filed 23 May 1997; patented 15 September 1998.// Patent 5,808,970: MULTI-LAYER ACOUSTICALLY TRANSPARENT SONAR ARRAY; filed 5 June 1997; patented 15 September 1998.//Patent 5,809,998: INSULATION JACKET FOR BREATHING GAS DEVICE; filed 8 August 1996; patented 22 September 1998.//Patent 5,811,726: EXPLOSIVE COMPOSITIONS; filed 28 February 1996; patented 22 September 1998.//Patent 5,811,822: OPTICALLY TRANSPARENT, OPTICALLY STIMULABLE GLASS COMPOSITES FOR RADIATION DOSIMETRY; filed 29 April 1997; patented 22 September 1998.// Patent 5,812,292: OPTICAL CORRELATOR USING OPTICAL DELAY LOOPS; filed 27 November 1995; patented 22 September 1998.//Patent 5,812,494: WIDE- ANGLE, FORWARD-LOOKING BATHYMETRIC MAPPING; filed 2 June 1997; patented 22 September 1998.//Patent 5,812,758: SYSTEM LEVEL AID FOR TROUBLESHOOTING (SLAT); filed 9 November 1995; patented 22 September 1998.//Patent 5,813,279: SYSTEM FOR POSITIONING BORESIGHT CALIBRATION TOOLS; filed 29 July 1997; patented 29 September 1998.//Patent 5,814,250: METHOD OF PROTECTING A STRUCTURE; filed 18 September 1996; patented 29 September 1998.//Patent 5,814,816: SYSTEM FOR MONITORING SURFACE STRESS AND OTHER CONDITIONS IN STRUCTURES; filed 27 August 1996; patented 29 September 1998.//Patent 5,814,942: METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING HIGH-DENSITY SHEET PLASMA MIRRORS USING A [[Page 22603]] SLOTTED-TUBE CATHODE CONFIGURATION; filed 28 March 1997; patented 29 September 1998.//Patent 5,815,465: METHOD AND APPARATUS OF CLASSIFYING MARINE SEDIMENT; filed 11 April 1997; patented 29 September 1998.// Patent 5,824,910: MINIATURE HYDROSTAT FABRICATED USING MULTIPLE MICROELECTROMECHANICAL PROCESSES; filed 16 April 1997; patented 20 October 1998.//Patent 5,831,724: IMAGING LIDAR-BASED AIM VERIFICATION METHOD AND SYSTEM; filed 22 July 1997; patented 3 November 1998.// Patent application 08/591,188: BUBBLE PRESSURE GENERATING SYSTEM; filed 21 December 1995.//Patent application 08/774,063: BRIGHT BEAM METHOD FOR SUPER-RESOLUTION IN E-BEAM LITHOGRAPHY; filed 23 December 1996.// Patent application 08/798,683: SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING SIZE AND LOCATION OF DEFECTS IN MATERIAL BY USE OF MICROWAVE RADIATION; filed 12 February 1997.//Patent application 08/816,337: PATTERNING ANTIBODIES ON A SURFACE; filed 13 March 1997.//Patent application 08/885,132: ADJUSTABLE BEARING SYSTEM WITH SELECTIVELY OPTIMIZED INSTALLATIONAL CLEARANCES; filed 30 June 1997.//Patent application 08/976,126: PLASMA ANTENNA; filed 29 September 1997.//Patent application 09/061,256: CHELATORS EXHIBITING TRIPLE FLUORESCENCE; filed 31 August 1998.//Patent application 09/090,162: METAL OXIDE DISCHARGE LAMP; filed 4 June 1998./ /Patent application 09/090,223: FLUID PUMP AND EXPANDABLE ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE; filed 22 May 1998.//Patent application 09/090,326: CAPTIVE SOFT FOAM SHOCK BASE MOUNT; filed 22 May 1998.//Patent application 09/090,327: ELASTOMERIC SURFACE ACTUATION SYSTEM; filed 22 May 1998.//Patent application 09/113,010: RADIO FREQUENCY COMMUNICATIONS FOR UNDERWATER VEHICLE; filed 26 June 1998.//Patent application 09/113,011: AUTOMATED METHOD OF FREQUENCY DETERMINATION IN SOFTWARE METRIC DATA THROUGH THE USE OF THE MULTIPLE SIGNAL CLASSIFICATION (MUSIC) ALGORITHM; filed 26 June 1998.//Patent application 09/114,248: SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ALIGNMENT OF STOWAGE DRUM AND CAPSTAN IN A SEAGOING VESSEL; filed 6 July 1998.//Patent application 09/120,874: BALLAST SYSTEM FOR UNDERWATER VEHICLE; filed 14 July 1998.//Patent application 09/124,010: INTEGRAL SHIP-WEAPON MODULE; filed 29 July 1998.//Patent application 09/126,386: MOVING MAP COMPOSER (MMC); filed 30 July 1998.//Patent application 09/126,711: SYNCHRONIZING AUTONOMOUS CHAOTIC SYSTEMS USING FILTERS; filed 31 July 1998.//Patent application 09/131,844: SPINNING FOCAL PLANE ARRAY CAMERA PARTICULARLY SUITED FOR REAL TIME PATTERN RECOGNITION; filed 30 July 1998.//Patent application 09/136,975: ENERGETIC TRANSMISSION LINE COMPLETION/INTERRUPTION MECHANISM; filed 20 August 1998.//Patent application 09/137,083: ELECTRONIC DEVICES WITH BARRIER FILM AND PROCESS FOR MAKING SAME; filed 20 August 1998.//Patent application 09/ 137,084: ELECTRONIC DEVICES WITH BARIUM BARRIER FILM AND PROCESS FOR MAKING SAME; filed 20 August 1998.//Patent application 09/137/085: ELECTRONIC DEVICES WITH STRONTIUM BARRIER FILM AND PROCESS FOR MAKING SAME; filed 20 August 1998.//Patent application 09/137,086: ELECTRONIC DEVICES WITH CESIUM BARRIER FILM AND PROCESS FOR MAKING SAME; filed 20 August 1998.//Patent application 09/137,087: ELECTRONIC DEVICES WITH RUBIDIUM BARRIER FILM AND PROCESS FOR MAKING SAME; filed 20 August 1998.//Patent application 09/137,088: ELECTRONIC DEVICES WITH COMPOSITE ATOMIC BARRIER FILM AND PROCESS FOR MAKING SAME; filed 10 August 1998./ /Patent application 09/137,089: PROCESS FOR MAKING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH BARRIER FILM FORMATION USING A METAL HALIDE AND PRODUCTS THEREOF; filed 20 August 1998.//Patent application 09/137,419: PROCESS FOR PREPARING COMPOSITE WARHEAD CASINGS AND PROJECT; filed 20 August 1998.//Patent application 09/140,738: BOOSTER CIRCUIT FOR FOLDBACK CURRENT LIMITED POWER SUPPLIES; filed 27 August 1998.//Patent application 09/140,740: LEAK TEST ADAPTER SYSTEM; filed 27 August 1998.//Patent application 09/144,105: COATED CATHODOLUMINESCENT PHOSPHORS; filed 31 August 1998.// Patent application 09/153,416: DEPLOYED EQUIPMENT MODULES FOR SATELLITE ARCHITECTURE IMPROVEMENT; filed 24 August 1998.//Patent application 09/156,382: AIR-SAFED MECHANICAL WATER ACTUATOR; filed 18 September 1998.//Patent application 09/156,383: PASSIVE RANGING USING INFERIOR MIRAGES; filed 18 September 1998.//Patent application 09/159,566: QUASI-STATIC FIBER PRESSURE SENSOR; filed 24 September 1998.// FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. John G. Wynn, Staff Patent Attorney, Office of Naval Research (Code 00CC), Arlington, VA 22217- 5660, telephone (703) 696-4004. (Authority: 35 U.S.C. 207; 37 CFR Part 404) Dated: April 19, 1999. Pamela A. Holden, Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Navy, Federal Register Liaison Officer. [FR Doc. 99-10532 Filed 4-26-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3810-FF-U