[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 19 (Tuesday, January 29, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 4239]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-2074]


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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 invention listed below is jointly owned in by the U.S. 
Government, as represented by the Department of Commerce and Harvard 
University. The Department of Commerce's interest in the invention is 
available for exclusive or non-exclusive 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 
this invention 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 number and title for the 
relevant invention as indicated below.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The invention available for licensing is:
    NIST Docket Number: 95-040CIP
    Title: Characterization of Individual Polymer Molecules Based on 
Monomer-Interface Interactions
    Abstract: A method for sequencing a nucleic acid polymer by (1) 
providing two separate, adjacent pools of a medium and an interface 
between the two pools, the interface having a channel so dimensioned as 
to allow sequential monomer-by-monomer passage from one pool to other 
pool of only one nucleic acid polymer at a time; (2) placing the 
nucleic acid polymer to be sequenced in one of the two pools; and (3) 
taking measurements as each of the nucleotide monomers of the nucleic 
acid polymer passes through the channel so as to sequence the nucleic 
acid polymer.

    Dated: January 22, 2002.
Karen H. Brown,
Deputy Director.
[FR Doc. 02-2074 Filed 1-28-02; 8:45 am]
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