[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 133 (Wednesday, July 11, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36255-36256]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-17295]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


Notice of Government Owned Inventions Available for Licensing

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Commerce.
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 results 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: NIST may enter into a Cooperative Research 
and Development Agreement (``CRADA'') with the licensee to perform 
further research on the inventions for purposes of commercialization. 
The inventions available for licensing are:

    NIST Docket Number: 00-018US.
    Title: Inorganic Non-metallic, Wire Bondable Top Surface Coating 
For Use In wire Bonding To Copper Metallization On Semiconductor 
Chips.
    Abstract: The invention addresses the problem of electrically 
interconnecting copper metallized semiconductor ships to their 
packages with wire bonding. A thin, inorganic film is deposited such 
that it will break-up during the wire bonding process and be pushed 
aside. Selected film materials are compatible with and normally used 
for other purposes in wafer fabrication processing.

    NIST Docket Number: 97-017C.
    Title: Domain Engineered Ferroelectric Optical Radiation.
    Abstract: The invention comprises a pyroelectric detector with 
significantly reduced microphonic noise sensitivity comprising a 
pyroelectric detector element constructed from a z-cut LiNBO3 
electret. Selective domain reversal is accomplished in the electret 
by applying an electric field. Electrodes are attached to either 
surface of the electret spanning the domain reversed region and a 
portion of the original domain region to create areas of equal and 
opposite sensitivity. The detector is mounted in an electrically 
grounded container or housing. The detector may also be constructed 
having multiple detector regions to accommodate resonant frequencies 
of the electret or to function as a position sensor.

    NIST Docket Number: 9-026US-Transfer.
    Title: Modular Suspended Manipulator.
    Abstract: A Cable-driven manipulator can precisely manipulate 
tools and loads using position, velocity and force control modes. 
The manipulator includes a plurality of cables (2 or more) that are 
independently controlled by modular, winch drive mechanisms and is 
coordinated to achieve intuitive manipulator movement in all sex 
degrees of freedom. The manipulator, consisting of modular sub-
assemblies and components (i.e., winch, amplifier, servo interface 
and sensory feedback), can be rapidly reconfigured to adjust to new 
applications. The winches can be controlled manually by a multi-axis 
joystick, or can be automatically controlled by computer. the 
invention has applications in supporting and manipulating tools and 
equipment for welding, painting and stripping involving large 
structures.

    NIST Docket Number: 99-035US.
    Title: Normal Metal Boundary Conditions For Multi-layer TES 
Detectors.

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    Abstract: Described herein are multiplayer transition-edge 
sensor (TES) having improved performance, a method for preparing 
them and methods of using them. Specifically, the improvement lies 
in providing normal metal strips along the edges of the 
superconducting and normal metal layers parallel to the current flow 
in the TES during operation. These strips (hereinafter referred to 
as ``banks'') provide for both improved detector performance and 
improved detector robustness against corrosion. This improvement is 
an important advance particularly for the TES-based microcalorimeter 
detector. The improved TESs also have many other applications based 
on the very precise thermometer function achieved by the TES.


    Dated: July 5, 2001.
Karen H. Brown
Acting Director.
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