[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 239 (Wednesday, December 12, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64217-64218]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-30629]


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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 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: 96-006D]

    Title: Method and Composition for Promoting Improved Adhesion to 
Substrates.
    Abstract: The invention is jointly owned by the U.S. Government, as 
represented by the Secretary of Commerce, and the American Dental 
Association Health Foundation. The

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Department of Commerce's ownership interest in this invention is 
available for licensing. An etchant primer composition is provided 
which includes (a) a compound having the formula RN 
(CH2YCO2M)2 wherein R=R\1\ or R\2\; 
R\1\= an aromatic group; R\2\=a conjugated aliphatic group; Y=a single 
bond, CH2, CHCH3 or C=CH2; and each M 
is independently H, an alkali metal, an alkaline earth metal, aluminum, 
a transition or redox metal or an alkyl group having 1 to 18 carbon 
atoms, with the proviso that when both M groups are alkyl groups, the 
compound corresponding to formula I be capable of being easily 
hydrolyzed, displaced or exchanged with other reagents present in the 
etchant/primer composition and (b) a polar solvent system. An etchant/
primer/adhesive monomer composition is also provided which includes the 
etchant/primer composition and an adhesive monomer system. One and two 
step simplified methods for adhering and for preparing substrate 
surface, such as a dental substrate surface, to a polymeric material 
are also provided. Kits which may be used with these compositions and 
methods are also provided.

[NIST Docket Number: 97-036US]

    Title: Silicon-on-Insulator Substrates Using Low Dose Implantation
    Abstract: The invention is jointly owned by the U.S. Government, as 
represented by the Secretary of Commerce, and IBM Corp. The Department 
of Commerce's ownership interest in this invention is available for 
licensing. An SOI Substrate and method of forming is described 
incorporating the steps of implanting oxygen under two conditions and 
performing two high temperature anneals at temperatures above 
1250.degree C. and above 1300.degree C, respectively, at two respective 
oxygen concentrations. The invention overcomes the problem of high SOI 
substrate fabrication cost due to ion implant time and of getting high 
quality buried oxide (BOX) layers below a thin layer of single crystal 
silicon.

[NIST Docket Number: 00-016US]

    Title: Method and Apparatus for Entrainment Mixing of Vapor Into 
Liquids.
    Abstract: Mixing of fluids is a central component to innumerable 
operations in chemical processing on the plant floor and also in many 
laboratory operations. Most mixing applications simply require the 
efficient blending of fluids present in a single phase, such as the 
mixing of the individual components of a liquid. For these 
applications, magnetic stirrers often provide a convenient and 
efficient bending without creating ambient air entrainment into the 
liquid. This is especially true of fluid mixing operations done in the 
laboratory. There are many other applications, however, in which the 
entrainment of a vapor phase with a liquid is specifically desired. 
Examples of these applications include mixing in two-phase reaction 
vessels and apparatus to measure vapor liquid equilibrium. These mixing 
operations are difficult to accommodate with magnetic stirrers because 
the vast majority of such stirrers are designed not to entrain vapor. 
In this disclosure, we teach a novel design of a mixing rotor that 
efficiently mixes the liquid phase and also achieves entrainment of 
vapor into the liquid.

[NIST Docket Number: 00-031US]

    Title: Polyelectrolyte Derivatization of Microfluidic Devices.
    Abstract: The invention describes the use of polyelectrolyte 
multilayers (PEMs) to alter the surface of microchannel surfaces was 
obtained by coating the channels with alternating layers of poly 
(allyamine hydrochloride) and poly (styrene sulfonate). The PEMs are 
easily fabricated and provide a means for controlling the flow 
direction and the electrosmotic mobility in the microchannels.

[NIST Docket Number: 01-008US]

    Title: Chemical Modification of Substrates by Photo-ablation Under 
Different Local Atmospheres and Chemical Environments for the 
Fabrication of Microstructures.
    Abstract: The invention consists of a one step photo-ablation 
process that can simultaneously use different gas or liquid atmospheres 
to pattern microchannels and functionalize the surface of polymer 
substrates.

    Dated: December 4, 2001.
Karen H. Brown,
Deputy Director.
[FR Doc. 01-30629 Filed 12-11-01; 8:45 am]
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