[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 250 (Monday, December 30, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 79576-79577]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-32811]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army; Corps of Engineers


Grant of Exclusive or Partially Exclusive Licenses

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. Corps of Engineers, DoD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 
announces the general availability of exclusive, or partially exclusive 
licenses for the pending patents listed under SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION. Any license granted shall comply with 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 
CFR Part 404.

ADDRESSES: Humphreys Engineer Center Support Activity, Office of 
Counsel, 7701 Telegraph Road, Alexandria, VA 22315-3860.

DATES: Applications for an exclusive or partially exclusive license may 
be submitted at any time from the date of this notice. However, no 
exclusive or partially exclusive license shall be granted until March 
31, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patricia L. Howland, (703) 428-6672.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    1. Title: System and Method for Remotely Monitoring an Interface 
Between Dissimilar Materials. A system for efficiently and cost 
effectively monitoring the status of the interface between two 
dissimilar media is provided. In a preferred embodiment, the system 
uses principles applied from the theory of time domain reflectometry 
(TDR), together with novel circuitry and low cost narrow band 
telemetry, to provide real time monitoring on a continuous basis, as 
needed. The circuitry involved permits operation of the system without 
relying on relative values of signal amplitude while employing a novel 
feedback function that sets the pulse repetition frequency 
instantaneously to permit an optimum data collection rate as well as a 
separate measure of the status based on the system operating 
parameters. It has particular application to real time monitoring and 
alerting to the effect of scour events in waterways.
    Serial No.: 09/879,001.
    Date: 6/13/2001.
    2. Title: Natural Cue Surface Bypass Collector. A method that 
employs natural hydraulic cues to guide migrating fish, in particular 
juvenile fish, to bypass channels to circumvent barriers to their 
downstream migration, such as booms, weirs, dams, hydroelectric 
powerhouses, and sluice gates. The flow entering into the turbines of 
the powerhouse are slightly modified to create a hydraulic gradient in 
the strain rate hydraulic variables that guides fish to the entrance of 
a surface bypass collector.
    Serial No.: 10/045,381.
    Date: 1/15/2002.
    3. Title: Mycoherbicidal Compositions and Methods of Preparing and 
Using the

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Same. A more environmentally safe measure to control aquatic weeds is 
also cost-efficient and relies on biological agents in the form of 
mycoherbicides. Mycoherbicides are typically formulated with one or 
more fungal pathogens or metabolites, or both thereof with herbicidal 
activity. The fungal pathogens are typically specific to infecting a 
certain spectrum of plant types, thus providing useful targeted 
delivery. It would be an advance in the art of bioherbicides to develop 
a mycoherbicidal composition, which may be applied either in wet or dry 
form, comprising an effective population control agent efficacious 
against a broad range of aquatic weeds including hydrilla. It would be 
a further advance in the art to develop a mycoherbicidal composition 
with enhanced biological viability and stability, specifically 
comprising a fungal pathogen as the population control agent that is 
extremely desiccant-tolerant, is capable of germinating both 
sporogenically and vegetatively, and is highly efficacious against 
hydrilla and other aquatic weeds, while being easy and relatively 
inexpensive to prepare and to use. It would also be desirable to 
provide a method of preparing such fungal pathogens in the form of a 
micro sclerotium that can efficiently and effectively maximize the 
biomass production thereof.
    Serial No.: 10/138,579.
    Date: 5/6/2002.
    4. Title: Mapping Patterns of Movement Based on the Aggregation of 
Spatial Information Contained in Wireless Transmissions. Time-tagged 
coordinates from session-unique transmissions of wireless devices are 
collected routinely and stored for later analysis. From this data, one 
may derive a sequence of wireless device operation from which 
attributes may be ascertained. Sequences are accumulated until a dense 
aggregate pattern is formed over a geographic area. Aggregate data is 
sorted into ranges representing speed of movement and then converted to 
pixels representing cells in an aggregate matrix. Heavily weighted 
values are assigned to cells that represent a location within a pre-
specified spatial error about a data point. Lower values are assigned 
to cells representing paths, or corridors, connecting these better-
identified locations. As more transmission sessions are added to the 
matrix, the largest weight values cluster as individual cells 
representing a most likely path. Thus precise topographic attributes 
may be derived based on these spatial clusters, overlapping paths 
connecting them, or combinations thereof.
    Serial No.: 10/206,757.
    Date: 7/29/2002.
    5. Title: Multi-purpose Mat and Method of Deploying Thereof. 
Multipurpose panels having L-shaped tabs are interconnected using 
durable connectors to form a multipurpose mat that facilitates mobility 
over otherwise unstable terrain. In one embodiment, four-sided panels 
are fabricated from laminations of fiberglass-reinforced plastic (FRP) 
with radiused rectangular holes machined in each of two adjacent edges 
and a recessed L-shaped tab formed along opposing adjacent edges. The 
connectors are fabricated from corrosion resistant metal and assembled 
to precise specifications prior to insertion in the rectangular holes 
machined in pre-specified types of panel. Top and bottom plates of 
durable connectors are fabricated from 6061-T6 aluminum stock. A 
threaded bolt used to tie the plates together, to which a liquid 
threadlocker is applied, is fabricated from a steel alloy suitable for 
use with aluminum. Two specifically fabricated tools, a spacer guide 
and an alignment tool, may be used to optimize installation. These also 
may be fabricated from 6061-T6 aluminum stock.
    Serial No.: 10/211,515.
    Date: 8/5/2002.
    6. Title: System and Method for Automated Alerting to Geospatial 
Anomalies. An inexpensive system and reliable method for detecting 
spatial anomalies in real time detects hidden anomalies efficiently and 
safely. In a preferred embodiment, an FM-CW radar front-end 
communicates with a personal computer incorporating specific filter and 
processing circuitry, including an AID converter and a DSP. A target 
volume is illuminated from just above its top surface and return 
signals processed using the PC as programmed with a purpose-built 
algorithm. Data are down-converted to audio frequencies for ease in 
handling using inexpensive audio frequency circuitry. For use in 
avoiding bridged (hidden) crevasses during operation in snowfields, a 
version is mounted on a long boom extending from the front of the 
platform on which it is installed, typically a lead vehicle of a 
convoy. Heretofore, expensive systems requiring full-time monitoring by 
an operator were the only safe and reliable solution to insure safe 
traversal of snowfields.
    Serial No.: 10/256,182.
    Date: 9/27/2002.
    7. Title: Motion Detection and Alerting System. A compact, 
autonomous motion detecting and alerting system alerts to the movement 
of objects of interest. Mounted on an environmentally sealed PC board 
are a transceiver such as a CW radar front-end, connectors, signal 
processors and a communications device. The system provides early 
warning of movement of an ice sheet or rubble field via the 
communication device that may be a cellular telephone. This system is 
mounted proximate the target surface under observation, oriented at 
pre-specified offset angles both laterally and in elevation. The target 
is illuminated and energy reflected therefrom is mixed with a portion 
of the transmitted signal to produce a difference frequency signal that 
is processed to establish existence of motion within a pre-specified 
velocity range. Upon verification of motion, notification is sent to a 
responsible authority. An autonomous or semi-autonomous power source 
and integral power management function may be incorporated on the same 
PC board.
    Serial No.: 10/255,763.
    Date: 9/27/2002.

Luz D. Ortiz,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
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