[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 175 (Tuesday, September 10, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57412-57413]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-23003]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army


Availability for Non-Exclusive, Exclusive, or Partially Exclusive 
Licensing of U.S. Patents and U.S. Patent Application Concerning Method 
for Predicting Human Cognitive Performance

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DOD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with 37 CFR 404.6 and 404.7, announcement is 
made of the availability for licensing of the following: U.S. Patent 
No. 6,419,629 entitled ``Method for Predicting Human Cognitive 
Performance,'' issued July 16, 2002; U.S. Patent No. 6,241,686 entitled 
``System and Method for Predicting Human Cognitive Performance Using 
data from an Actigraph,'' issued June 5, 2001; and U.S. Patent 
Application No. 09/848,352 entitled ``Method and System for Predicting 
Human Cognitive Performance'', filed May 4, 2001. The United States 
Government, as represented by the Secretary of the Army has rights in 
these inventions.

ADDRESSES: Commander, U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, 
ATTN: Command Judge Advocate, MCMR-JR, 504 Scott Street, Fort Detrick, 
MD 21702-5012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For patent issues, Ms. Elizabeth 
Arwine, Patent Attorney, (301) 619-7808. For licensing issues, Dr. Paul 
Mele, Office of Research & Technology Assessment, (301) 619-6664, both 
at telefax (301) 619-5034.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: An apparatus and method for predicting 
cognitive performance of an individual based on factors including sleep 
history and the time of day. The method facilities the creation of 
predicted cognitive performance curves that allow an individual to set 
his/her sleep times to produce higher levels of cognitive performance. 
The method also facilities

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the reconstruction of past cognitive performance levels based on sleep 
history.

Luz D. Ortiz,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 02-23003 Filed 9-9-02; 8:45 am]
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