[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 10 (Wednesday, January 15, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 2010]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-774]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


Jointly Owned Invention Available for Licensing

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of jointly owned invention available for licensing.

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SUMMARY: The invention listed below is jointly owned by the U.S. 
Government, as represented by the Department of Commerce, and JMAR 
Research, Inc. The Department of Commerce's ownership in this invention 
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 
this invention 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 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 invention for purposes of commercialization. 
The invention available for licensing is: [Docket No.: 99-027US]
    Title: Parallel X-ray Nanotomography.
    Abstract: An apparatus for nanotomography uses an x-ray source 
comprising a laser generated plasma. X-rays generated in the x-ray 
source are collected and focused using a collector optic onto a sample. 
The collector optic is preferably comprised of Wolter optics combining 
reflection off an ellipsoid with a reflection off a hyperboloid. X-rays 
emitted from the sample are focused with an objective lens assembly. 
The objective lens assembly includes an array of fresnel zone plates. 
An image formation and acquisition apparatus form an image based on the 
received X-rays. The array of fresnel zone places is an important 
feature of the invention, as the array dramatically improves the 
intensity of the x-rays reaching the detector over a conventional 
objective lens. A laser-based x-ray source is also key to the 
invention, generating an x-ray beam of sufficient intensity to provide 
sufficient counting statistics for a tomographic reconstruction to be 
obtained.

    Dated: January 8, 2003.
Karen H. Brown,
Deputy Director.
[FR Doc. 03-774 Filed 1-14-03; 8:45 am]
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