[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 180 (Friday, September 15, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 55975]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-23777]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6869-7]


Intent To Grant an Exclusive Patent License

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of intent to grant an exclusive patent license.

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SUMMARY: This is a correction and reissue of the notice of intent to 
grant an exclusive license originally published in the August 29, 2000 
issue of the Federal Register (65 FR 52426). The deadline for comments 
is also extended. Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. 207 and 37 CFR part 404, EPA 
hereby gives notice of its intent to grant an exclusive, royalty-
bearing revocable license to practice the invention described and 
claimed in the patent application listed below, all U.S. patents 
issuing therefrom, all corresponding patents granted and issued 
throughout the world, and all reexamined patents and reissued patents 
granted in connection with such patent application to Horiba 
Instruments, Incorporated, Irvine, California. The patent application 
is:
    U.S. Patent Application No. 09/226,920, entitled ``Real-Time On-
Road Vehicle Exhaust Gas Modular Flowmeter and Emissions Reporting 
System,'' filed January 5, 1999.
    The invention was announced as being available for licensing in the 
March 1, 1999 issue of the Federal Register (60 FR 20490). The proposed 
exclusive license will contain appropriate terms, limitations and 
conditions to be negotiated in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209 and the 
U.S. Government patent licensing regulations at 37 CFR part 404.
    EPA will negotiate the final terms and conditions and grant the 
exclusive license, unless within 60 days from the date of this Notice, 
EPA receives, at the address below, written objections to the grant, 
together with supporting documentation. The documentation from 
objecting parties having an interest in practicing the above patent 
application should include an application for exclusive or nonexclusive 
license with the information set forth in 37 CFR 404.8. The EPA Patent 
Counsel and other EPA officials will review all written responses and 
then make recommendations on a final decision to the Director and 
Deputy Director, Office of Transportation Air Quality, both of whom 
have been delegated the authority to issue patent licenses under 35 
U.S.C. 207.

DATES: Comments to this notice must be received by EPA at the address 
listed below by November 14, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alan Ehrlich, Patent Counsel, Office 
of General Counsel (Mail Code 2377A), U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20460, 
telephone (202) 564-5457.

    Dated: September 7, 2000.
Marla E. Diamond,
Associate General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 00-23777 Filed 9-14-00; 8:45 am]
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