[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 128 (Tuesday, July 6, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36341-36342]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-17023]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Albany Research Center; Inventions Available for Licensing

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The United States Department of Energy, Albany Research Center 
(ALRC) announces that the inventions listed below are available for 
licensing in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 207-209 to achieve expeditious 
commercialization of results of federally funded research and 
development. Foreign patents rights have been retained on selected 
inventions to extend market coverage and may also be available for 
licensing. A copy of issued patents may be obtained by download from 
the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Website, http://www.uspto.gov/
patft/index.html; or for a modest fee, from the U.S. Patent and 
Trademark Office, Washington, DC 20231.

ADDRESSES: George J. Dooley, III, Director, U.S. Department of Energy, 
Albany Research Center, 1450 Queen Avenue SW, Albany, OR 97321-2198.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William Riley, Chief of Technology 
Transfer, U.S. Department of Energy, Albany Research Center, 1450 Queen 
Avenue, SW, Albany, Oregon 97321-2198; Telephone (541) 967-5851; 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; E-
mail:[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 35 U.S.C. 207 authorizes licensing of 
Government-owned inventions. Implementing regulations are contained in 
37 CFR Part 404. 37 CFR 404.7(a)(1) authorizes exclusive licensing of 
Government-owned inventions under certain circumstances, provided that 
notice of the invention's availability for licensing has been announced 
in the Federal Register.

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Issued Patents

Number and Title

5,593,593  Process for Removing Sulfate Anions from Waste Water
5,680,996  Gas Fluidized-Bed Stirred Media Mill
5,613,244  Process for Preparing Liquid Wastes
5,564,620  Forming Metal-Intermetallic or Metal-Ceramic Composites 
by Self-Propagating High-Temperature Reactions
5,560,420  Process for Casting Hard-Faced, Lightweight Camshafts and 
Other Cylindrical Products
5,799,238  Method of Making Multilayered Titanium Ceramic Composites
5,788,736  Recovery of Titanium Values from Titanium Grinding SWARF 
by Electric Furnace Smelting
5,259,862  Continuous Production of Granular or Powder Ti, Zr, and 
Hf or Their Alloy Products
5,265,664  Fixture for Forming Evaporative Pattern Casting (EPC) 
Process Patterns

Patent Applications Filed

Synergic System for Solvent Extraction of Germanium
Recovery of Titanium Values from Titanium Grinding SWARF by Electric 
Furnace Smelting
Process for Zinc Recovery from Organic Extractants with Carbon 
Dioxide

    Dated: June 17, 1999.
George J. Dooley,
Director, ALRC.
[FR Doc. 99-17023 Filed 7-2-99; 8:45 am]
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