[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 153 (Thursday, August 8, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51546-51547]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-20100]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


Notice of Inventions Available for Licensing

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of 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. 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 of commercialization. 
The inventions available for licensing are:

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[Docket No.: 97-026US]

    Title: Method and apparatus for diffraction measurement using a 
scanning x-ray source.
    Abstract: The invention is jointly owned by the U.S. Government, as 
represented by the Secretary of Commerce, and Digiray Corporation. This 
invention is available for non-exclusive licensing. The present 
invention relates to x-ray diffraction measurement by using moving x-
ray source x-ray diffraction. The invention comprises a raster-scanned 
x-ray source, a specimen, a collimator, and a detector. The x-ray 
source is electronically scanned which allows a complete image of the 
x-ray diffraction characteristics of the specimen to be produced. The 
specimen is placed remote from the x-ray source and the detector. The 
collimator is located directly in front of the detector. The x-rays are 
diffracted by the specimen at certain angles, which cause them to 
travel through the collimator and to the detector. The detector may be 
placed in any radial location relative to the specimen in order to take 
the necessary measurements. The detector can detect the intensity and/
or the wavelength of the diffracted x-rays. All information needed to 
solve the Bragg equation as well as the Laue equations is available. 
The x-ray source may be scanned electronically or mechanically. The 
present invention is used to perform texture analysis and phase 
identification.

[Docket No.: 99-021D ]

    Title: Apparatus and method for refreshable tactile display.
    Abstract: The invention is owned by the U.S. government, as 
represented by the Secretary of Commerce. This invention is available 
for exclusive or non-exclusive licensing. The invention utilizes a 
rotating-wheel and is designed to be mechanically simpler than existing 
refreshable tactile display devices, while providing much of their 
functionality as well as additional features. It is believed that this 
design will allow for greatly lowered cost and improved reliability in 
comparison to existing systems.

    Dated: August 1, 2002.
Karen H. Brown,
Deputy Director.
[FR Doc. 02-20100 Filed 8-7-02; 8:45 am]
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