[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 3 (Friday, January 4, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 574-575]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-211]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

National Energy Technology Laboratory


Notice of Inventions Available for Licensing

AGENCY: Department of Energy (DOE) National Energy Technology 
Laboratory (NETL).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The United States Department of Energy, National Energy 
Technology Laboratory hereby announces that the inventions listed below 
are available for licensing in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 207-209 to 
achieve expeditious commercialization of results of federally funded 
research and development. Foreign patents rights have been retained on 
selected inventions to extend market coverage and may also be available 
for licensing. A copy of issued patents may be obtained, for a modest 
fee, from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Washington, DC 20231. 
Address: Technology Transfer Manager, U.S. Department of Energy, 
National Energy Technology Laboratory, P.O. Box 880, Morgantown, WV 
26507-0880.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Diane Newlon, Technology Transfer 
Manager for U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology 
Laboratory, P.O. Box 880, Morgantown, WV 26507-0880; Telephone (304) 
285-4086; E-mail: [email protected]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 35 U.S.C. 207 authorizes licensing of 
Government-owned inventions. Implementing regulations are contained in 
37 CFR part 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 licensing has been announced 
in the Federal Register.

Issued Patents

Number and Title

6,267,849  Method for the Photocatalytic Conversion of Gas Hydrates

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6,058,709  Dynamically Balanced Fuel Nozzle and Method of Operation
6,059,560  Periodic Equivalence Ratio Modulation Method and Apparatus 
for Controlling Combustion Instability
6,056,125  Cross Flow Cyclonic Flotation column for Coal and Minerals 
Beneficiation
6,056,796  Rigid Porous Filter
6,033,794  Multi-Stage Fuel Cell System Method and Apparatus
5,948,722  Method for Producing Iron-Based Catalysts
5,895,508  Down-Flow Moving-Bed Gasifier with Catalyst Recycle
5,827,903  Separation of Catalyst from Fischer-Tropsch Slurry
5,809,769  Control of Oscillation Attenuation Via the Control of Fuel-
Supply Line Dynamics
5,798,088  Method for Producing Elemental Sulfur from Sulfur-Containing 
Gasses
5,791,889  Combustor Oscillating Pressure Stabilization and Method
5,728,953  Cable Load Sensing Device
5,721,186  Method for Producing Catalysts from Coal
5,720,858  Method for the Photocatalytic Conversion of Methane
5,706,645  Removal of Oxides of Nitrogen from Gases in Multi-Stage Coal 
Combustion
5,693,588  Reduction of Spalling in Mixed Metal Oxide Desulfurization 
Sorbents by Addition of a Large Promoter Metal Oxide
5,456,066  Fuel Supply System and Method for Coal-Fired Prime Mover
5,449,568  Indirect-Fired Gas Turbine Bottomed with Fuel Cell
5,413,878  An Improved System and Method for Networking Electrochemical 
Devices
5,369,214  Method for Selective Dehalogenation of Halogenated 
Polyaromatic Compounds
5,348,921  Method for Reducing Sulfate Formation During Regeneration of 
Hot-Gas Desulfurization Sorbents
5,333,044  Fluorescent Image Tracking Velocimeter
5,325,797  Staged Fluidized-Bed Combustion and Filter System
5,214,015  Synthesis of Iron Based Hydrocracking Catalysts
5,198,002  Gas Stream Clean-Up Filter and Method for Forming Same
5,170,670  Three Axis Velocity Probe System
5,167,676  Apparatus and Method for Removing Particulate Deposits from 
High Temperature Filters
5,144,251  Three-Axis Particle Impact Probe
5,139,991  Oxyhydrochlorination Catalyst
5,139,958  Method and Device for the Determination of Low 
Concentrations of Oxygen in Carbonaceous Materials
5,130,097  Apparatus for Hot-Gas Desulfurization of Fuel Gases
5,104,520  Apparatus and Method for Separating Constituents
5,061,363  Method for Co-Processing Waste Rubber and Carbonaceous 
Material
5,022,892  Fine Coal Cleaning Via the Micro-Mag Process
5,020,457  Destruction of Acid Gas Emissions
4,955,942  In-Bed Tube Bank for a Fluidized-Bed Combustor
4,939,376  Light Collection Device for Flame Emission Detectors
4,867,868  Selective Flotation of Inorganic Sulfides from Coal
4,775,387  Sulfur Removal and Comminution of Carbonaceous Material
4,769,504  Process for Converting Light Alkanes to Higher Hydrocarbons
4,769,045  Method for the Desulfurization of Hot Product Gases from 
Coal Gasifier
4,696,680  Method and Apparatus for the Selective Separation of Gaseous 
Coal Gasification Products by Pressure Swing Adsorption
4,695,372  Conditioning of Carbonaceous Material Prior to Physical 
Beneficiation
4,667,097  Compensated Vibrating Optical Fiber Pressure Measuring 
Device
4,587,113  Removal of Sulfur and Nitrogen Containing Pollutants from 
Discharge Gases
4,526,272  Laterally Bendable Belt Conveyor
4,523,465  Wireless Remote Liquid Level Detector and Indicator for Well 
Testing
4,475,884  Reversed Flow Fluidized-Bed Combustion Apparatus
4,466,360  Loop-Bed Combustion Apparatus
4,465,135  Fire Flood Method for Recovering Petroleum from Oil 
Reservoirs of Low Permeability and Temperature
4,451,826  Single Transmission Line Data Acquisition System
4,447,297  Combined Fluidized Bed Retort and Combustor

Patent Applications Filed

Flashback Detection Sensor for Lean PreMix Fuel Nozzles
Real-Time Combustion Controls and Diagnostics Sensors

    Issued: December 18, 2001.
Rita A. Bajura,
Director, NETL.
[FR Doc. 02-211 Filed 1-3-02; 8:45 am]
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