[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 151 (Friday, August 4, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 47974]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-19763]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Notice of Inventions Available for License

AGENCY: Office of General Counsel, Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of inventions available for license.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy hereby announces that U.S. No. Patent 
5,480,549, entitled ``Method for Phosphate-Accelerated Bioremediation'' 
and U.S. Patent No. 5,753,109, entitled ``Apparatus and Method for 
Phosphate-Accelerated Bioremediation'' are available for license, in 
accordance with 37 U.S.C. 207-209. A copy of the patents may be 
obtained, for a modest fee, from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 
Washington, DC 20231.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert J. Marchick, Office of the 
Assistant General Counsel for Technology Transfer and Intellectual 
Property, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., 
Washington, DC 20585; Telephone (202) 586-2802.

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 license has been announced 
in the Federal Register.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on July 27, 2000.
Paul A. Gottlieb,
Assistant General Counsel for Technology, Transfer and Intellectual 
Property.
[FR Doc. 00-19763 Filed 8-3-00; 8:45 am]
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