[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 53 (Friday, March 17, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 14542]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-6718]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


Notice of Government Owned Inventions Available for Licensing

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Commerce.
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 
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 commercialization. 
The invention available for licensing is:
    NIST Docket Number: 98-916US.
    Title: Designed Protein Pores As Components For Biosensors.
    Abstract: The invention is jointly owned by the U.S. Government, as 
represented by the Secretary of Commerce, Worcester Institute and the 
University of Chicago. A mutant staphylococcal alpha hemolysin 
polypeptide containing a heterologous analyte-binding amino acid which 
assembles into an analyte-responsive heptameric pore assembly in the 
presence of a wild type staphylococcal alpha hemolysin polypeptide, 
digital biosensors, and methods of detecting, identifying and 
quantifying analytes are described.

    Dated: March 8, 2000.
Karen H. Brown,
Deputy Director.
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