[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 128 (Tuesday, July 6, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 36342]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-17022]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Albany Research Center Intent To Grant Exclusive Patent License

AGENCY: Department of Energy (DOE), Albany Research Center (ALRC).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of an intent to grant to MSE Technology 
Applications, Inc., of Butte, Montana, an exclusive license to practice 
the invention described in U.S. Patent No. 5, 560,420 titled ``Process 
for Casting Hard-Faced, Lightweight Camshafts and Other Cylindrical 
Products.'' The invention is owned by the United States of America, as 
represented by the Department of Energy (DOE). The proposed license 
will be exclusive, subject to a license and other rights retained by 
the U.S. Government, and other terms and conditions to be negotiated.
    DOE intends to grant the license, upon a final determination in 
accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(c), unless within 60 days of publication 
of this Notice the Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Intellectual 
Property Law, Department of Energy, Chicago Operations Office, 9800 S. 
Cass Ave, Argonne, IL 60439, receives in writing any of the following, 
together with the supporting documents:
    (i) A statement from any person setting forth reasons why it would 
not be in the best interest of the United States to grant the proposed 
license; or (ii) An application for a nonexclusive license to the 
invention, in which applicant states that it already has brought the 
invention to practical application or is likely to bring the invention 
to practical application expeditiously.

DATES: Written comments or nonexclusive license applications are to be 
received at the address listed below no later than September 7, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Intellectual Property Law, 
U.S. Department of Energy, Chicago Operations Office, 9800 S. Cass Ave, 
Argonne, IL 60439.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William Riley, Chief of Technology 
Transfer, Department of Energy, Albany Research Center, 1450 Queen 
Avenue, SW, Albany, Oregon 97321-2198; Telephone (541) 967-5851; E-
mail: [email protected], or: Mark P. Dvorscak, Assistant Chief 
Counsel, Office of Intellectual Property Law, U.S. Department of 
Energy, Chicago Operations Office, 9800 S. Cass Ave., Argonne, IL 
60439; Telephone (630) 252-2393.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 35 U.S.C. 209(c) provides the Department 
with authority to grant exclusive or partially exclusive licenses in 
Department-owned inventions, where a determination can be made, among 
other things, that the desired practical application of the invention 
has not been achieved, or is not likely expeditiously to be achieved, 
under a nonexclusive license. The statute and implementing regulations 
(37 CFR Sec. 404) require that the necessary determinations be made 
after public notice and opportunity for filing written objections.
    MSE Technology Applications, Inc., of Butte, Montana, has applied 
for an exclusive license to practice the invention embodied in U.S. 
Patent Nos. 5, 560,420 and has a plan for commercialization of the 
invention.
    The proposed license will be exclusive, subject to a license and 
other rights retained by the U.S. Government, and subject to a 
negotiated royalty. The Department will review all timely written 
responses to this notice, and will grant the license if, after 
expiration of the 60-day notice period, and after consideration of 
written responses to this notice, a determination is made, in 
accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(c), that the license grant is in the 
public interest.

    Dated: June 17, 1999.
George J. Dooley, III,
Director, ALRC.
[FR Doc. 99-17022 Filed 7-2-99; 8:45 am]
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