[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 32 (Wednesday, February 16, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7852-7853]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-3578]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


Government Owned Inventions Available for Licensing

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Government owned inventions available for licensing.

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SUMMARY: The invention listed below is owned in whole or in part by the 
U.S. Government, as represented by the Department of Commerce. The 
Department of Commerce's ownership interest in the invention is 
available for licensing in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 207 and 37 CFR 
Part 404 to achieve expeditious commercialization of results of 
Federally funded research and development.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Technical and licensing information on

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this invention may be obtained by writing to: National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, Office of Technology Partnerships, Building 
820, Room 213, Gaithersburg, MD 20899; Fax 301-869-2751. Any request 
for information should include the NIST Docket No. and Title for the 
relevant invention as indicated below.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NIST may enter into a Cooperative Research 
and Development Agreement (``CRADA'') with the licensee to perform 
further research on the inventions for purposes of comemrcialization. 
The invention available for licensing is:
    NIST Docket Number: 98-025US.
    Title: High Nitrogen Stainless Steel.
    Abstract: The invention is jointly owned by the U.S. Government, as 
represented by the Secretary of Commerce, and Crucible Research. 
Disclosed is a high nitrogen stainless steel alloy and alloy powder 
comprising chromium (Cr), molybdenum (Mo), manganese (Mn), nickel (Ni), 
nitrogen (N) and iron (Fe). The composition of the stainless steel 
alloy and powder comprises between about 27 and about 30% by weight Cr, 
between about 1.5 and about 4.0% by weight Mo, an amount up to 15% by 
weight Mn, at least about 8% by weight Ni, and about 0.8 to about 0.97% 
by weight N, with the balance being Fe. It has been discovered that 
forming an alloy of this chemistry using nitrogen gas atomization 
process, followed by a consolidation process, the alloy is less likely 
to form detrimental ferrite, stable nitride and sigma phases, without 
the need for further processing, such as solution treating and 
quenching. This allows for the formation of stainless steel articles 
having a thicker cross-section with reduced processing cost.

    Dated: February 7, 2000.
Karen H. Brown,
Deputy Director.
[FR Doc. 00-3578 Filed 2-15-00; 8:45 am]
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