[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 196 (Tuesday, October 10, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 60175]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-25920]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Notice of Inventions Available for License

AGENCY: Department of Energy, Office of General Counsel.

ACTION: Notice of inventions available for license.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy hereby announces that the following 
patents are available for license, in accordance with 37 USC 207-209: 
U.S. patent No. 5,114,690, entitled ``Two Stage Sorption of Sulfur 
Compounds;'' U.S. Patent No. 5,324,661, entitled ``Chemotactic 
Selection of Pollutant Degrading Soil Bacteria''; U.S. Patent No. 
5,384,048, entitled ``Bioremediation of Contaminated Groundwater''; and 
U.S. Patent No. 5,326,703, entitled ``Method of Degrading Pollutants in 
Soil.'' 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 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 October 3, 2000.
Paul A. Gottlieb,
Assistant General Counsel for Technology, Transfer and Intellectual 
Property.
[FR Doc. 00-25920 Filed 10-6-00; 8:45 am]
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