[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 91 (Friday, May 10, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31789-31790]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-11779]


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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.

ACTION: Notice of government owned inventions available for licensing.

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SUMMARY: The inventions listed below are owned in whole by the U.S. 
Government, as represented by the Department of Commerce. The 
Department of Commerce's interest in the inventions is 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, Attn: Mary 
Clague, Building 820, Room 213, Gaithersburg, MD 20899. Information is 
also available via telephone: 301-975-4188, e-mail: [email protected], 
or 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: NIST may enter into a Cooperative Research 
and Development Agreement (``CRADA'') with the licensee to perform 
further research on the inventions for purposes

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of commercialization. The inventions available for licensing are:

[Docket No.: 97-021US]

    Title: Temperature Calibration Wafer For Rapid Thermal Processing 
Using Thin-Film Thermocouples.
    Abstract: This invention enables the measurement of temperature and 
the calibration of temperature measurements in rapid thermal processing 
tools for silicon wafer processing to a greater accuracy than 
previously possible. The invention is a device which is a calibration 
wafer of novel construction and capabilities. The calibration wafer is 
comprised of an array of junctions of thin film thermocouples which 
traverse the silicon wafer (typically 200 mm in diameter) and are 
welded to thermocouple wires of the same composition as the thin films. 
The advantages of very low mass thin-film thermocouples in making these 
measurements are greatest under the extremely high heat flux conditions 
present in rapid thermal processing tools (100 w/cm2). In order to 
achieve these measurements with thin-film thermocouples at temperatures 
ranging up to 900 degrees celsius a novel approach was taken in the 
design and fabrication of the wafer including the incorporation of an 
adhesion film for the thermoelements, diffusion barriers, and high 
temperature dielectric insulators.

[Docket No.: 98-024D]

    Title: System For Stabilizing And Controlling A Hoisted Load.
    Abstract: The invention provides a system which can both be adapted 
to existing single point lift mechanisms, and constrain a hoisted load 
in all six degrees of freedom, includes a suspension point, an 
assembly, a lateral tension lines member, and a control system. The 
assembly includes first and second platforms connected by a plurality 
of control cables which can precisely control the position, velocity, 
and force of a hoisted element in six degrees of freedom. The position 
or tension of the control lines can be controlled either manually, 
automatically by computer, or in various combinations of manual and 
automatic control. Advantages associated with the system include not 
only the ability to control the position, velocity, and force of the 
attached load, tool, and/or equipment in six degrees of freedom using 
position and tension feedback, but its ready adaptation to existing 
single point lift mechanisms and relatively light weight, and its 
flexibility, ease, and precision of operation.

[Docket No.: 00-033US]

    Title: Rapid Fluorescence Detection Of Binding To Nucleic Acid Drug 
Targets Labeled With Highly Fluorescent Nucleotide Base Analogs.
    Abstract: This invention is available for nonexclusive licensing. A 
method is disclosed for selective substitution of highly flourescent 
nucleotide base analogs within the sequence of nucleic acid drug 
targets, such that these bases can be used as probes to monitor/screen 
for the interaction of ligands with a nucleic acid target. In designing 
the fluorescent nucleic acid target, information about the nucleic acid 
structure and its native interaction with other macromolecules is used 
to engineer fluorescent analogs that display fluorescence emission 
quantum yields that are sensitive to interactions with ligands and/or 
other macromolecules. The general method of using changes in the 
fluorescence emission spectra as a probe for the interaction of the 
nucleic acid target with ligands has been named Flurescence Emission 
Peturbation (FREP).

    Dated: May 3, 2002.
Karen H. Brown,
Deputy Director.
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