[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 218 (Friday, November 12, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61612-61614]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-29523]


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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.
    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, Virginia 22161 for 
$6.95 each ($10.95 outside North American Continent).

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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 5,738,737: PROCESS FOR MAKING SUPERPLASTIC STEEL POWDER AND 
FLAKES; filed 5 November 1991; patented 14 April 1998.//Patent 
5,889,688: FREQUENCY DOMAIN KERNEL PHASE PROCESSOR; filed 30 September 
1997; patented 30 March 1999.//Patent 5,890,414: STOP CYLINDER AND 
PISTON ASSEMBLY; filed 12 August 1997; patented 6 April 1999.//Patent 
5,890,681: METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MICROTURBULENCE; filed 1 May 1997; 
patented 6 April 1999.//Patent 5,891,575: GROWING AND RELEASING 
DIAMONDS; filed 22 February 1996; patented 6 April 1999.// Patent 
5,892,067: SYNTHESIS OF ENERGETIC VINYL-TERMINATED POLYMERS; filed 9 
June 1997; patented 6 April 1999.//Patent 5,892,765: SYSTEM AND METHOD 
FOR EFFECTUATING COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN NETWORKS OPERATING 
ASYNCHRONOUSLY WITH RESPECT TO ONE ANOTHER; filed 15 November 1996; 
patented 6 April 1999.//Patent 5,892,773: RADIO FREQUENCY CABLE TO 
OPTICAL FIBER CABLE CONVERTER/INTERFACE; filed 29 June 1992; patented 6 
April 1999.//Patent 5,892,810: X-RAY SOURCE FOR LITHOGRAPHY; filed 9 
May 1990; patented 6 April 1999.//Patent 5,892,901: SECURE 
IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM; filed 10 June 1997; patented 6 April 1999.//
Patent 5,894,000: ELECTRO-RHEOLOGICAL FLUID COMPOSITION HAVING 
POLYMERIC SPONGE PARTICULATES; filed 30 September 1992; patented 13 
April 1999.//Patent 5,894,451: IMPULSIVE SNAP-THROUGH ACOUSTIC PULSE 
GENERATOR; filed 21 October 1997; patented 13 April 1999.//Patent 
5,894,552: METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANUALLY SWITCHING TO A SECURED 
NETWORK; filed 15 August 1997; patented 13 April 1999.//Patent 
5,894,902: SELF-PROPELLED WHEEL FOR WHEELED VEHICLES; filed 5 September 
1996; patented 20 April 1999.//Patent 5,897,794: METHOD AND APPARATUS 
FOR ABLATIVE BONDING USING A PULSED ELECTRON; filed 30 January 1997; 
patented 27 April 1999.//Patent 5,898,109: STRUT-MOUNTED DRAG BALANCE; 
filed 25 March 1997; patented 27 April 1999.//Patent 5,898,791: 
SPINNING FOCAL PLANE ARRAY CAMERA PARTICULARLY SUITED FOR REAL TIME 
PATTERN RECOGNITION; filed 26 August 1997; patented 27 April 1999.//
Patent 5,899,443: PASSIVE-ACTIVE VIBRATION ISOLATION; filed 22 October 
1996; patented 4 May 1999.//Patent 5,900,036: MULTI-CYLINDER APPARATUS 
FOR MAKING OPTICAL FIBERS, PROCESS AND PRODUCT; filed 30 August 1996; 
patented 4 May 1999.//Patent 5,900,831: METHOD FOR PRODUCING VARIABLE 
DENSITY/ELECTRIC DIPOLE PROPERTY CHAFF DECOY MATERIAL; filed 26 March 
1974; patented 4 May 1999.//Patent 5,901,272: NEURAL NETWORK BASED 
HELICOPTER LOW AIRSPEED INDICATOR; filed 24 October 1996; patented 4 
May 1999.//Patent 5,901,556: HIGH-EFFICIENCY HEAT-DRIVEN ACOUSTIC 
COOLING ENGINE WITH NO MOVING PARTS; filed 26 November 1997; patented 
11 May 1999.//Patent 5,902,396: AMMONOTHERMAL GROWTH OF CHALCOGENIDE 
SINGLE CRYSTAL MATERIALS; filed 5 November 1997; patented 11 May 1999./
/Patent 5,902,952: ANTI TIP-OFF DEVICE; filed 30 September 1997; 
patented 11 May 1999.//Patent 5,902,953: MINIATURE, LOW POWER, 
ELECTROMECHANICAL SAFETY AND ARMING DEVICE; filed 16 March 1992; 
patented 11 May 1999.//Patent 5,903,349: FIBER OPTIC ACCELEROMETER 
SENSOR AND A METHOD OF CONSTRUCTING SAME; filed 21 April 1997; patented 
11 May 1999.//Patent 5,903,684: INDEPENDENT CONTROL OF ONE OF NORMALLY 
INTERDEPENDENT LIGHT TRANSMISSION CHARACTERISTICS OF OPTICAL FIBER; 
filed 12 August 1997; patented 11 May 1999.//Patent 5,903,693: FIBER 
OPTIC CABLE FURCATION UNIT; filed 30 September 1997; patented 11 May 
1999.//Patent 5,903,883: PHASE DETECTION USING NEURAL NETWORKS; filed 
10 March 1997; patented 11 May 1999.//Patent 5,904,977: ELECTROSET 
COMPOSITE ARTICLES AND PROCESS; filed 17 August 1993; patented 18 May 
1999.//Patent 5,904,990: AMINO FUNCTIONAL POLY (PARA-PHENYLENE 
VINYLENE)S AS PROTECTIVE COATINGS; filed 13 March 1998; patented 18 May 
1999.// Patent 5,905,204: TEST SPECIMEN DESIGN INCORPORATING MULTIPLE 
FRACTURE SITES AND MULTIPLE STRAIN MATERIAL FRACTURES; filed 18 March 
1998; patented 18 May 1999.//Patent 5,905,211: LOAD MONITOR SHEAVE; 
filed 15 December 1997; patented 18 May 1999.//Patent 5,905,693: 
ISOLATION MOUNT FOR AN ACOUSTIC DEVICE; filed 31 March 1998; patented 
18 May 1999.//Patent 5,905,867: APPARATUS FOR MONITORING ENVIRONMENTAL 
PARAMETERS AT NETWORK SITES; filed 12 November 1996; patented 18 May 
1999.//Patent 5,906,147: WRENCH-TO-BOLT COUPLING ASSEMBLY; filed 8 
April 1998; patented 25 May 1999.//Patent 5,908,566: MODIFIED PLASMA 
TORCH DESIGN FOR INTRODUCING SAMPLE AIR INTO INDUCTIVELY COUPLED 
PLASMA; filed 17 September 1997; patented 1 June 1999.//Patent 
5,908,982: TEST APPARATUS FOR ROTARY DRIVE; filed 18 March 1998; 
patented 1 June 1999.//Patent 5,909,409: METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR 
UNDERWATER ACOUSTIC DETECTION AND LOCATION OF AN OBJECT; filed 8 
January 1969; patented 1 June 1999.//Patent 5,909,520: NOISE CODING 
PROCESSOR; filed 25 August 1997; patented 1 June 1999.// Patent 
5,911,172: RETRACTABLE UNDERWATER TURRET; filed 24 March 1997; patented 
8 June 1999.//Patent 5,911,405: MULTI-PORTED DIVERTER VALVE ASSEMBLY; 
filed 9 May 1997; patented 15 June 1999.//Patent 5,911,568: REGULATED 
GAS SOURCE FOR UNDERWATER GUN OPERATION; filed 17 October 1997; 
patented 15 June 1999.// Patent 5,912,286: SILICONE-CONTAINING 
FLUOROPOLYMERS FOR CONTROLLED RELEASE OF ORGANIC LEACHANTS; filed 29 
August 1997; patented 15 June 1999.//Patent 5,912,823: METHOD FOR 
DETERMINING THE VELOCITY OF A THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLUID FLOW OVER A 
SUBMERGED BODY; filed 6 October 1991; patented 15 June 1999.//Patent 
5,913,976: FIBER OPTIC HANDLING AND COATING FIXTURE; filed 9 September 
1996; patented 22 June 1999.//Patent 5,914,912: SONAR ARRAY POST 
PROCESSOR; filed 28 November 1997; patented 22 June 1999.//Patent 
5,916,510: CHANNELED CERAMIC STRUCTURE AND PROCESS FOR MAKING SAME; 
filed 7 October 1998; patented 29 June 1999.//Patent 5,917,970: 
WAVELENGTH MULTIPLEXED, ELECTRO-OPTICALLY CONTROLLABLE, FIBER OPTIC 
MULTI-TAP DELAY LINE; filed 21 April 1998; patented 29 June 1999.//
Patent 5,918,307: UNDERWATER PROJECTILE LAUNCHER; filed 7 August 1997; 
patented 29 June 1999.//Patent application 08/925,994: ORGANIC WASTE 
DISPOSAL SYSTEM; filed 9 September 1997.//Patent application 08/
992,070: REAL-TIME DATA ACQUISITION; filed 17 December 1997.//Patent 
application 09/

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012,016: OILY WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM; filed 22 January 1998.//
Patent application 09/137,870: MULTILINE TOW CABLE ASSEMBLY INCLUDING 
SWIVEL AND SLIP RING; filed 12 August 1998.//Patent application 09/
226,614: ELECTRICAL OUTLET SPLASH PROTECTOR; filed 21 December 1998.//
Patent application 09/226,620: ILLUMINATING ELECTRICAL FUSE; filed 21 
December 1998.//Patent application 09/226,621: NON-SLIP SAFETY GLASSES; 
filed 21 December 1998.//Patent application 09/226,624: TWO MAN LOADING 
PLATFORM FOR USE ON SUBMARINES; filed 21 December 1998.//Patent 
application 09/226,625: ACOUSTIC SOUND SPEED PROFILING SYSTEM; filed 21 
December 1998.//Patent application 09/226,632: LANDMASS FLY-AROUND 
BOUNDARY GENERATION; filed 21 December 1998.//Patent application 09/
294,445: ADJUSTABLE AND LOCKING RIFLE MOUNTING SYSTEM; filed 31 March 
1999.//

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: November 2, 1999.
J. L. Roth,
Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate General's Corps, Navy Federal 
Register Liaison Officer.
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