[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 47 (Friday, March 9, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 14132]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-5848]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


Government Owned Inventions Available for Licensing

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Government owned inventions available for licensing.

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SUMMARY: The inventions listed below are owned in whole or in part by 
the U.S. Government, as represented by the Department of Commerce, and 
are available for licensing in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 207 and 37 CFR 
Part 404 to achieve expeditious commercialization of result of 
federally funded research and development.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Technical and licensing information on 
these inventions may be obtained by writing to: National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, Office of Technology Partnerships, Building 
820, Room 213, Gaithersburg, MD 20899; Fax 301-869-2751. Any request 
for information should include the NIST docket No. and Title for the 
relevant invention as indicated below.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The invention listed below was made jointly 
by scientists from NIST and from Schott Glass Technologies Inc. under 
the auspices of a Cooperative Research and Development agreement 
(CRADA). In 1995 all rights in the invention were assigned to the 
United States, as represented by the Secretary of Commerce. Pursuant to 
the terms of the CRADA, Schott Glass currently retains the rights to 
negotiate, on Schott Glass's behalf, the terms of a non-exclusive 
commercialization license to the invention. NIST may enter into a CRADA 
with the licensee to perform further research on the invention for 
purposes of commercialization. The invention available for licensing 
is:

    NIST Docket Number: 93-039CIP
    Title: Integrated Optic Laser
    Abstract; A laser waveguide medium is provided comprising:
    A laser glass substrate wherein the substrate is a glass comprising 
(on an oxide composition basis):

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                                                                 Mole%
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P2O2........................................................    50-70
A12O3.......................................................     4-13
Na2O........................................................    10-35
La2O3.......................................................      0-6
Ln2O3.......................................................     >0-6
R\1\O.......................................................     0-20
R2O.........................................................     0-18
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    Wherein Ln2O3 is the sum of the oxides, of 
active lasing lanthanides of atomic number 58-71, R\1\O is the sum of 
oxides of Mg, Ca, Cr, Ba, Zn and Pb, and R2O is the sum of 
oxides of Li, K, Rb and Cs; and
    A waveguide region embedded in the substrate, the waveguide region 
having a higher refractive index than the substrate and the waveguide 
region having an inlet region through which light can enter and an 
outlet region through which light can exit.

    Dated: March 5, 2001.
Karen H. Brown,
Acting Director.
[FR Doc. 01-5848 Filed 3-8-01; 8:45 am]
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