[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 101 (Wednesday, May 24, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33526-33529]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-12998]


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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, VA 22161 for $6.95 
each ($10.95 outside North American Continent). 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 5,926,507: QUOTIENT CODING MODEM; filed 8 July 1997; patented 20 
July 1999.//
Patent 5,951,757: METHOD FOR MAKING SILICON GERMANIUM ALLOY AND 
ELECTRIC DEVICE STRUCTURES; filed 6 May 1997; patented 14 September 
1999.//
Patent 5,960,732: LINE CHARGE DEPLOYMENT APPARATUS; filed 19 December 
1997; patented 5 October 1999.//
Patent 5,961,661: CERAMIC STRUCTURE WITH BACKFILLED CHANNELS; filed 16 
September 1998; patented 5 October 1999.//Patent 5,961,895: MULTI-
STAGE-SYSTEM FOR MICROBUBBLE PRODUCTION; filed 19 June 1997; patented 5 
October 1999.//
Patent 5,963,169: MULTIPLE TUBE PLASMA ANTENNA; filed 29 September 
1997; patented 5 October 1999.//Patent 5,963,591: SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR 
STOCHASTIC CHARACTERIZATION OF A SIGNAL WITH FOUR EMBEDDED ORTHOGONAL 
MEASUREMENT DATA ITEMS; filed 13 September 1996; patented 5 October 
1999.//Patent 5,963,887: APPARATUS FOR OPTIMIZING THE ROTATIONAL SPEED 
OF COOLING FANS; filed 12 November 1996; patented 5 October 1999.//
Patent 5,964,018: BELT REPAIR SYSTEM AND METHOD; filed 15 August 1997; 
patented 12 October 1999.//Patent 5,964,175: CONFORMAL DETACHABLE 
PLATFORM ARRAY; filed 25 September 1997; patented 12 October 1999.//
Patent 5,965,199: CORROSION-RESISTANT COATING PREPARED BY THE THERMAL 
DECOMPOSITION OF LITHIUM PERMANGANATE; filed 29 September 1997; 
patented 12 October 1999.//Patent 5,965,268: CARBON-BASED COMPOSITES 
DERIVED FROM PHTHALONITRILE RESINS; filed 26 June 1998; patented 12 
October 1999.//
Patent 5,966,414: SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING SIGNALS TO DETERMINE 
THEIR STOCHASTIC PROPERTIES; filed 28 March 1995; patented 12 October 
1999.//Patent 5,966,858: BAFFLED MUZZLE BRAKE AND SEAL SYSTEM FOR 
SUBMERGED GUN OPERATION; filed 23 March 1998; patented 19 October 
1999.//
Patent 5,967,012: WASTE AEROSOL CONTAINER PROCESSOR; filed 19 November 
1996; patented 19 October 1999.//
Patent 5,969,072: SILYL AND SILOXYL SUBSTITUTED CARBORANES WITH 
UNSATURATED ORGANIC END GROUPS; filed 27 February 1998; patented 19 
October 1999.//Patent 5,969,244: SWITCH ASSEMBLY FOR WITHSTANDING SHOCK 
AND VIBRATION; filed 13 April 1998; patented 19 October 1999.//Patent 
5,969,429: BREATHING APPARATUS HAVING ELECTRICAL POWER SUPPLY 
ARRANGEMENT WITH TURBINE-GENERATOR ASSEMBLY; filed 15 August 1997; 
patented 19 October 1999.//Patent 5,969,581: OPTO-ELECTRONICALLY 
CONTROLLED RF WAVEGUIDE; filed 28 May 1998; patented 19 October 1999.//
Patent 5,969,608: MAGNETO-

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INDUCTIVE SEISMIC FENCE; filed 23 February 1998; patented 19 October 
1999.//Patent 5,969,978: READ/WRITE MEMORY ARCHITECTURE EMPLOYING 
CLOSED RING ELEMENTS; filed 30 September 1998; patented 19 October 
1999.//
Patent 5,970,779: SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CALIBRATING ACCELEROMETER OVER 
LOW(OCEAN WAVE) FREQUENCIES; filed 15 September 1997; patented 26 
October 1999.//Patent 5,970,899: DIAGONAL HATCH SYSTEM FOR SHIPS; filed 
14 August 1997; patented 26 October 1999.//
Patent 5,972,136: LIQUID PROPELLANT; filed 9 May 1997; patented 26 
October 1999.//Patent 5,972,714: ATMOSPHERIC OZONE CONCENTRATION 
DETECTOR; filed 29 March 1996; patented 26 October 1999.//
Patent 5,973,051: MASS LOADED COATING AND METHOD FOR REDUCING THE 
RESONANT FREQUENCY OF A CERAMIC DISC; filed 27 September 1993; patented 
26 October 1999.//Patent 5,973,653: INLINE COAXIAL BALUN-FED 
ULTRAWIDEBAND CORNU FLAREDORN ANTENNA; filed 31 July 1997; patented 26 
October 1999. //Patent 5,973,824: AMPLIFICATION BY MEANS OF DYSPROSIUM 
DOPED LOW PHONON ENERGY GLASS WAVEGUIDES; filed 29 August 1997; 
patented 26 October 1999.//Patent 5,973,994: SURFACE LAUNCHED SONOBUOY; 
filed 20 April 1998; patented 26 October 1999.//
Patent 5,975,942: MECHANICAL STRAIN RELIEF; filed 19 September 1997; 
patented 2 November 1999.//
Patent 5,976,444: NANOCHANNEL GLASS REPLICA MEMBRANES; filed 24 
September 1996; patented 2 November 1999.//
Patent 5,977,918: EXTENDIBLE PLANAR PHASED ARRAY MAST; filed 25 
September 1997; patented 2 November 1999.//
Patent 5,978,646: METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SIMULATING A LOFARGRAM IN A 
MULTIPATH SONAR SYSTEM; filed 10 July 1997; patented 2 November 1999.//
Patent 5,978,647: METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SIMULATING AUTOCORRELATION 
COEFFICIENTS IN A MULTIPATH SONAR SYSTEM; filed 10 July 1997; patented 
2 November 1999.//Patent 5,978,834: PLATFORM INDEPENDENT COMPUTER 
INTERFACE SOFTWARE RESPONSIVE TO SCRIPTED COMMANDS; filed 30 September 
1997; patented 2 November 1999.//
Patent 5,980,853: AROMATIC ACETYLENES AS CARBON PRECURSORS; filed 8 
October 1998; patented 9 November 1999.//
Patent 5,981,297: BIOSENSOR USING MAGNETICALLY-DETECTED LABEL; filed 5 
February 1997; patented 9 November 1999.//Patent 5,981,678: POLYMER 
PRECURSOR COMPOSITION, CROSSLINKED POLYMERS, THERMOSETS AND CERAMICS 
MADE WITH SILYL AND SILOXYL SUBSTITUTED CARBORANES WITH UNSATURATED 
ORGANIC END GROUPS; filed 27 February 1998; patented 9 November 1999.//
Patent 5,982,420: AUTOTRACKING DEVICE DESIGNATING A TARGET; filed 21 
January 1997; patented 9 November 1999.//
Patent 5,983,067: METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SIMULATING CROSS-CORRELATION 
COEFFICIENTS IN A MULTIPATH SONAR SYSTEM; filed 10 July 1997; patented 
9 November 1999.//Patent 5,983,821: MULTILINE TOW CABLE ASSEMBLY 
INCLUDING SWIVEL AND SLIP RING; filed 12 August 1998; patented 16 
November 1999.//
Patent 5,985,173: PHOSPHORS HAVING A SEMICONDUCTOR HOST SURROUNDED BY A 
SHELL; filed 18 November 1997; patented 16 November 1999.//Patent 
5,985,523: METHOD FOR IRRADIATING PATTERNS IN OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES 
CONTAINING RADIATION SENSITIVE CONSTITUENTS; filed 9 September 1996; 
patented 16 November 1999.//
Patent 5,986,032: LINEAR METALLOCENE POLYMERS CONTAINING ACETYLENIC AND 
INORGANIC UNITS AND THERMOSETS AND CERAMICS THEREFROM; filed 14 March 
1997; patented 16 November 1999.//Patent 5,986,757: CORRECTION OF 
SPECTRAL INTERFERENCES ARISING FROM CN EMISSION IN CONTINUOUS AIR 
MONITORING USING INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA ATOMIC EMISSION 
SPECTROSCOPY; filed 17 September 1997; patented 16 November 1999.//
Patent 5,986,784: ADAPTIVE POLARIZATION DIVERSITY DETECTION SCHEME FOR 
COHERENT COMMUNICATIONS AND INTERFEROMETRIC FIBER SENSORS; filed 12 
December 1994; patented 16 November 1999.//
Patent 5,987,362: FINAL APPROACH TRAJECTORY CONTROL WITH FUZZY 
CONTROLLER; filed 6 October 1997; patented 16 November 1999.//Patent 
5,987,397: NEURAL NETWORK SYSTEM FOR ESTIMATION OF HELICOPTER GROSS 
WEIGHT AND CENTER OF GRAVITY LOCATION; filed 13 March 1998; patented 23 
November 1999.//Patent 5,987,962: COPPER CRUSHER GAUGE HOLDER; filed 15 
September 1997; patented 23 November 1999.//
Patent 5,989,087: LIDAR DETECTION USING SHADOW ENHANCEMENT; filed 18 
March 1998; patented 23 November 1999.//
Patent 5,990,679: METHOD USING CORRECTIVE FACTORS FOR DETERMINING A 
MAGNETIC GRADIENT; filed 22 October 1997; patented 23 November 1999.//
Patent 5,990,829: SPINNING FOCAL PLANE ARRAY CAMERA PARTICULARLY SUITED 
FOR REAL TIME PATTERN RECOGNITION; filed 3 July 1998; patented 23 
November 1999.//
Patent 5,991,036: TWO-DIMENSIONAL OPTO-ELECTRONIC IMAGER FOR MILLIMETER 
AND MICROWAVE ELECTRO-MAGNETIC RADIATION; filed 30 September 1997; 
patented 23 November 1999.//Patent 5,991,537: VXI TEST EXECUTIVE; filed 
16 September 1997; patented 23 November 1999.//Patent 5,991,815: METHOD 
OF SUPPLYING MULTIPLE LOADS FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES OVER AN 
INTERCONNECTED NETWORK OF DEFINED PATHS; filed 19 June 1997; patented 
23 November 1999.//Patent 5,991,829: METHOD OF SENSING TARGET STATUS IN 
A LOCAL AREA NETWORK; filed 29 March 1994; patented 23 November 1999.//
Patent 5,992,077: NOSE CONE AND METHOD FOR ACOUSTICALLY SHIELDING AN 
UNDERWATER VEHICLE SONAR ARRAY; filed 18 March 1998; patented 30 
November 1999.//Patent 5,992,226: APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEASURING 
INTERMOLECULAR INTERACTIONS BY ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; filed 8 May 
1998; patented 30 November 1999.//Patent 5,992,584: DASHPOT FOR POWER 
CYLINDER; filed 26 March 1996; patented 30 November 1999.//
Patent 5,994,610: METHOD OF SUPPRESSING THERMITE REACTIONS IN PLASMA 
ARC WASTE DESTRUCTION SYSTEM; filed 8 May 1998; patented 30 November 
1999.//Patent 5,994,884: BOOSTER CIRCUIT FOR FOLDBACK CURRENT LIMITED 
POWER SUPPLIES; filed 27 August 1998; patented 30 November 1999.//
Patent 5,995,803: METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SIMULATING A

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MULTIPATH SONAR SYSTEM; filed 10 July 1997; patented 30 November 1999./
/
Patent 5,996,401: LEAK TEST ADAPTER SYSTEM; filed 27 August 1998; 
patented 7 December 1999.//Patent 5,996,503: REUSABLE GAS-POWERED HAND 
GRENADE; filed 27 April 1998; patented 7 December 1999.//Patent 
5,996,525: BELLMOUTH EXIT ANGLE ADAPTER; filed 6 July 1998; patented 7 
December 1999.//Patent 5,996,630: SYSTEM FOR SUPPRESSING CAVITATION IN 
A HYDRAULIC COMPONENT; filed 18 March 1998; patented 7 December 1999.//
Patent 5,997,138: DIVER'S FACE MASK HAVING ASPHERIC, AFOCAL LENS SYSTEM 
PROVIDING UNIT MAGNIFICATION FOR USE AS A WINDOW BETWEEN AIR AND WATER; 
filed 20 July 1998; patented 7 December 1999.//
Patent 5,998,874: ULTRAHIGH DENSITY CHARGE TRANSFER DEVICE; filed 13 
October 1994; patented 7 December 1999.//
Patent 5,999,212: METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INFRARED DETECTION OF A 
MOVING TARGET IN THE PRESENCE OF SOLAR CLUTTER; filed 31 July 1997; 
patented 7 December 1999.//Patent 5,999,292: SAGNAC INTERFEROMETER 
AMPLITUDE MODULATOR BASED DEMULTIPLEXER; filed 20 February 1998; 
patented 7 December 1999.//Patent 5,999,893: CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM AND 
METHOD USING COMBINED INFORMATION TESTING; filed 2 May 1997; patented 7 
December 1999.//
Patent 6,000,851: ADJUSTABLE ELECTRIC MOTOR BEARING SYSTEM; filed 10 
December 1997; patented 14 December 1999.//
Patent 6,001,237: ELECTROCHEMICAL FABRICATION OF CAPACITORS; filed 2 
December 1997; patented 14 December 1999.//Patent 6,001,587: CHEMICALLY 
SPECIFIC PATTERNING ON SOLID SURFACES USING SURFACE IMMOBILIZED 
ENZYMES; filed 8 April 1997; patented 14 December 1999.//Patent 
6,001,715: NON-THERMAL PROCESS FOR ANNEALING CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; 
filed 26 June 1996; patented 14 December 1999.//Patent 6,001,926: 
FIBER-REINFORCED PHTHALONITRILE COMPOSITE CURED WITH LOW-REACTIVITY 
AROMATIC AMINE CURING AGENT; filed 2 October 1997; patented 14 December 
1999.//
Patent 6,002,649: TAPERED CYLINDER ELECTRO-ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCER WITH 
REVERSED TAPERED DRIVER; filed 16 September 1997; patented 14 December 
1999.//Patent 6,002,914: METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SIMULATING 
REVERBERATION IN A MULTIPATH SONAR SYSTEM; filed 10 July 1997; patented 
14 December 1999.//
Patent 6,005,568: COMPUTER SYSTEM PROVIDING PLATFORM INDEPENDENT 
UNIVERSAL CLIENT DEVICE; filed 30 September 1997; patented 21 December 
1999.//
Patent 6,006,145: METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DIRECTING A PURSUING VEHICLE 
TO A TARGET WITH INTELLIGENT EVASION CAPABILITIES; filed 30 June 1997; 
patented 21 December 1999.//
Patent 6,007,278: DEVICE FOR MACHINING AN INTERIOR SURFACE OF A TUBULAR 
OBJECT; filed 5 September 1996; patented 28 December 1999.//Patent 
6,007,926: PHASE STABILIZATION OF ZIRCONIA; filed 30 January 1997; 
patented 28 December 1999.//
Patent 6,008,641: METHOD USING CORRECTIVE FACTORS FOR ALIGNING A 
MAGNETIC GRADIOMETER; filed 22 October 1997; patented 28 December 
1999.//
Patent 6,009,045: ADVANCED VERTICAL ARRAY BEAMFORMER; filed 13 August 
1998; patented 28 December 1999.//Patent 6,009,185: NEURAL NETWORK 
BASED CONTACT STATE ESTIMATOR; filed 7 May 1996; patented 28 December 
1999.//

Patent application 09/111,370: CLASSIFICATION OF IMAGES USING A 
DICTIONARY OF COMPRESSED TIME-FREQUENCY ATOMS; filed 30 June 1998.//

Patent application 09/287,170: FLOW RELEASE ELASTOMERIC EJECTION 
SYSTEM; filed 2 April 1999.//
Patent application 09/332,407: PRECISION HINGE MOUNTING STOPS; filed 14 
June 1999.//Patent application 09/337,222: FLEXIBLE CABLE PROVIDING EMI 
SHIELDING; filed 7 June 1999.//Patent application 09/379,210: SYSTEM 
AND METHOD FOR DETECTION OF WHITE NOISE IN SPARSE DATA SETS; filed 20 
August 1999.//
Patent application 09/435,832: OPTICAL FILTERS BASED ON UNIFORM ARRAYS 
OF METALLIC WAVEGUIDES; filed 8 November 1999.//
Patent application 09/448,765: INTEGRATED OBJECT-ORIENTED FRAMEWORK FOR 
MULTIPLE DATA TYPES; filed 24 November 1999.//
Patent application 09/450,439: PRODUCTION OF HOLLOW METAL 
MICROCYLINDERS FROM LIPIDS; filed 30 November 1999.//Patent application 
09/451,718: ZEUS++ CODE TOOL, A METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING SAME, AND 
STORAGE MEDIUM STORING COMPUTER READABLE INSTRUCTIONS FOR INSTANTIATING 
THE ZEUS++CODE TOOL; filed 1 December 1999.//Patent application 09/
457,007: A TECHNIQUE FOR ESTIMATING THE POSE OF SURFACE SHAPES USING 
TRIPOD OPERATORS; filed 8 December 1999.//Patent application 09/
457,521: METHOD AND DESIGN FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF SINGLE EVENT UPSET 
FAILURES IN DIGITAL CIRCUITS MADE FROM GAAS AND RELATED COMPOUNDS; 
filed 9 December 1999.//
Patent application 09/464,090: PENTACENE DERIVATIVES AS RED EMITTERS IN 
ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DEVICES; filed 16 December 1999.//
Patent application 09/476,332: AUTONOMOUS SURVEY SYSTEM (AUTO SURVEY); 
filed 3 January 2000.//Patent application 09/477,147: ENERGY ABSORBING 
COUNTERMASS ASSEMBLY; filed 5 January 2000.//Patent application 09/
477,149: ROCKET MOTOR WITH DESENSITIZER INJECTOR; filed 4 January 
2000.//Patent application 09/477,941: CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL WARFARE 
DECONTAMINATING SOLUTION USING BLEACH ACTIVATORS; filed 5 January 
2000.//
Patent application 09/480,422: DUAL ADJUSTING OVERRIDE PRECISION SWITCH 
ACTIVATOR; filed 10 January 2000.//Patent application 09/480,535: 
PARTICLE SIZING TECHNIQUE; filed 10 January 2000.//Patent application 
09/504,396: AIR SUPPLY SYSTEM PARTICULARLY SUITED TO REMOVE 
CONTAMINANTS CREATED BY CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL OR RADIOLOGICAL 
CONDITIONS; filed 15 February 2000.//

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. John G. Wynn, Associate Counsel, 
Intellectual Property, Office of Naval Research (Code 00CC), Arlington, 
VA 22217-5660, telephone (703) 696-4004.
(Authority: 35 U.S.C. 207; 37 CFR Part 404)


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    Dated: May 12, 2000.
J. L. Roth,
Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Navy, 
Federal Register Liaison Officer.
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