[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 113 (Wednesday, June 12, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40282-40283]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-14714]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy


Notice of Availability of Government-Owned Inventions; Available 
for Licensing

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DOD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The inventions listed below are assigned to the United States 
Government as represented by the Secretary of the Navy and are 
available for domestic and foreign licensing by the Department of the 
Navy.
    The following patents are available for licensing:
    U.S. Patent No. 6,018,502: LONG LIFE COAXIAL SPARKER FOR UNDERWATER 
SOUND SOURCE.//U.S. Patent No. 6,032,567: SURF ZONE MINE CLEARANCE.//
U.S. Patent No. 6,037,031: FLOTATION SEAWAY.//U.S. Patent No. 
6,039,193: INTEGRATED AND AUTOMATED CONTROL OF A CRANE'S RIDER BLOCK 
TAGLINE SYSTEM.//U.S. Patent No. 6,039,445: AFOCAL WATER-AIR LENS WITH 
GREATLY REDUCED LATERAL COLOR ABERRATION.//U.S. Patent No. 6,052,485: 
FRACTAL FEATURES USED WITH NEAREST NEIGHBOR CLUSTERING FOR IDENTIFYING 
CLUTTER IN SONAR IMAGES.//U.S. Patent No. 6,058,071: MAGNETO-INDUCTIVE 
SUBMARINE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM AND BUOY.//U.S. Patent No. 6,065,186: 
FORCE LIMITING TAPERED SHEAR STOP.//U.S. Patent No. 6,065,896: LEVER 
DEVICE WITH SUPPORT AND LATCH.//U.S. Patent No. 6,082,266: AIR-CUSHION 
AND ACCURATE MINE LAYING AND MAPPING SYSTEM.//U.S. Patent No. 
6,082,675: STANDOFF DELIVERED SONOBUOY.//U.S. Patent No. 6,093,069: LOW 
WATCH CIRCLE BUOY SYSTEM.//U.S. Patent No. 6,096,085: COMPUTER-READABLE 
SOFTWARE AND COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR PERFORMING AN INTEGRATED 
SONAR SIMULATION.//U.S. Patent No. 6,097,849: AUTOMATED IMAGE 
ENHANCEMENT FOR LASER LINE SCAN DATA.//U.S. Patent No. 6,108,457: 
BACKGROUND EQUALIZATION FOR LASER LINE SCAN DATA.//U.S. Patent No. 
6,108,454: LINE CONTRAST DIFFERENCE EFFECT CORRECTION FOR LASER LINE 
SCAN DATA .//U.S. Patent No. 6,112,668: MAGNETO-INDUCTIVELY CONTROLLED 
LIMPET.//U.S. Patent No. 6,120,530: PASSIVE THERMAL CAPACITOR FOR COLD 
WATER DIVING GARMENTS.//U.S. Patent No. 6,130,642: METHOD AND SYSTEM TO 
IMPROVE GPS NAVIGATION.//U.S. Patent No. 6,145,441: FRANGIBLE PAYLOAD-
DISPENSING PROJECTILE.//U.S. Patent No. 6,147,636: SYNTHETIC APERTURE 
PROCESSING FOR DIFFUSION- EQUATION-BASED TARGET DETECTION.//U.S. Patent 
No. 6,152,010: WIDE-AREA SLURRY MINE CLEARANCE.//U.S. Patent No. 
6,151,882: TURBOFAN ENGINE CONSTRUCTION.//U.S. Patent No. 6,155,190: 
AIR CUSHION DRY DOCK TRANSPORT SYSTEM.//U.S. Patent No. 6,158,859: 
WINDOW HAVING ASPHERIC, AFOCAL LENS SYSTEM PROVIDING UNIT MAGNIFICATION 
BETWEEN AIR AND WATER.//U.S. Patent No. 6,164,229: AIR BEARING PONTOON 
SYSTEM FOR SHIPPING CONTAINERS.//U.S. Patent No. 6,181,644: DIVER MASK 
UNDERWATER IMAGING SYSTEM.//U.S. Patent No. 6,182,553: BOAT DEPLOYED 
EXPLOSIVE NET ASSEMBLY.//U.S. Patent No. 6,205,903: RELIABLE AND 
EFFECTIVE LINE CHARGE SYSTEM.//U.S. Patent No. 6,216,599: GROUND EFFECT 
TRANSPORT SYSTEM.//U.S. Patent No. 6,220,168: UNDERWATER INTELLIGENCE 
GATHERING WEAPON SYSTEM.//U.S. Patent No. 6,222,794: UNDERWATER NOISE 
GENERATOR ACTUATED BY MAGNETO-INDUCTIVE/ACOUSTIC SIGNALS.//U.S. Patent 
No. 6,222,928: UNIVERSAL IMPEDANCE MATCHER FOR A MICROPHONE-TO-RADIO 
CONNECTION.//U.S. Patent No. 6,223,659: LINE STORAGE DEVICE FOR 
PREVENTING LINE ENTANGLEMENT.//U.S. Patent No. 6,223,674: GENTILE 
PERFORMANCE WEDGE (GPW) SHOCK MITIGATION PLANNING BOAT HULL.//U.S. 
Patent No. 6,227,095: INSENSITIVE MUNITION BOOSTER SEAL.//U.S. Patent 
No. 6,230,629: RAPID IGNITION INFRARED DECOY FOR ANTI-SHIP MISSILE.//
U.S. Patent No. 6,233,376: EMBEDDED FIBER OPTIC CIRCUIT BOARDS AND 
INTEGRATED CIRCUITS.//U.S. Patent No. 6,235,148: CHEMILUMINESCENT 
PHOTO-CURABLE ADHESIVE CURING AND BONDING SYSTEM.//U.S. Patent No. 
6,247,410: HIGH-OUTPUT INSENSITIVE MUNITION DETONATING CORD.//U.S. 
Patent No. 6,253,450: LINE CHARGE FABRICATION AND PROCEDURES.//U.S. 
Patent No. 6,253,679: MAGNETO-INDUCTIVE ON-COMMAND FUZE AND FIRING 
DEVICE.//U.S. Patent No. 6,254,445: INFLATABLE CHEMICAL FOAM INJECTED 
BUOY.//U.S. Patent

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No. 6,255,980: RADAR-ACOUSTIC HYBRID DETECTION SYSTEM FOR RAPID 
DETECTION AND CLASSIFICATION OF SUBMERGED STATIONARY ARTICLES.//U.S. 
Patent No. 6,259,653: PORTABLE ENCAPSULATED UNDERWATER ULTRASONIC 
CLEANER.//U.S. Patent No. 6,264,543: MEAT TENDERIZATION AND 
STERILIZATION USING AXIAL PLANER SHOCKWAVES.//U.S. Patent No. 
6,293,202: PRECISION AIRBORNE DEPLOYED GPS GUIDED STANDOFF TORPEDO.//

ADDRESSES: Requests for copies of the patents cited should be directed 
to Coastal Systems Station, Dahlgren Division, NSWC, 6703 W. Hwy 98, 
Code XP01L, Panama City, FL 32407-7001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Harvey A. Gilbert, Counsel, 
Coastal Systems Station, 6703 W. Hwy 98, Code XP01L, Panama City, FL 
32407-7001, telephone (850) 234-4646.

    Authority: 35 U.S.C. 207, 37 CFR Part 404.

    Dated: May 22, 2002.
R.E. Vincent II,
Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Navy, 
Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 02-14714 Filed 6-11-02; 8:45 am]
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