[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 27 (Thursday, February 8, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 9561]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-3227]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy


Availability of Government-Owned Invention; Available for 
Licensing

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DOD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Navy hereby gives notice of the general 
availability of exclusive or partially exclusive licenses under the 
following pending patent. Any license granted shall comply with 35 USC 
209 and 37 CFR part 404. Applications will be evaluated utilizing the 
following criteria: (1) Ability to manufacture and market the 
technology; (2) manufacturing and marketing ability; (3) time required 
to bring technology to market and production rate; (4) royalties; (5) 
technical capabilities; and (6) small business status.
    Patent No. 6,094,599 entitled ``RF Diathermy and Faradic Muscle 
Stimulation'' by James Bingham and Richard Olsen issued 25 July 2000. 
This technology represents an RF diathermy coil assembly, including a 
generally elastically deformable patient conforming garment and a 
conductive coil secured to the garment. The conductive coil having a 
woven wire construction such that the coil can deform as the garment 
elastically deforms. The RF diathermy coil assembly can be used for 
wound healing in conjunction with muscle stimulation.

DATES: Applications for an exclusive or partially exclusive license may 
be submitted at any time from the date of this notice.

ADDRESSES: Navy Medical Research Center (NMRC), 503 Robert Grant Ave., 
Silver Spring, MD 20910-7500.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Charles J. Schlagel, Office of 
Technology Transfer, NMRC, phone (301) 319-7427, fax (301) 319-7432, e-
mail [email protected].

    Dated: January 19, 2001.
J.L. Roth,
Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Navy, 
Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 01-3227 Filed 2-7-01; 8:45 am]
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