[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 68 (Wednesday, April 9, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 17359]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-8673]


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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 licensing by the Department of the Navy. Patent 
application 10/342,649: HAZMAT Platform; a portable, re-usable, 
elevated platform that provides a large, non-slip, grated surface on 
which an individual wearing a fully-encapsulated hazardous materials 
suit may stand to ensure thorough on-site decontamination. The elevated 
design with a top grate and two folding/ pivoting support leg 
assemblies allows for the collection of the hazardous material runoff 
in a containment vessel deployed underneath. It is made of impervious, 
strong, lightweight material to prevent absorption of any hazardous 
chemicals and to provide sufficient structural strength while keeping 
its overall weight reasonable. The design is simple and straightforward 
and can be economically manufactured. Patent application 10/314,484: 
Hexagonal Ball Socket Driver Bit; a ball socket driver bit that 
includes a ball portion and a shank portion. The ball portion cross 
section perpendicular to the bit axis is hexagonal. The shank portion 
has a cross section smaller than the ball portion. The first portion 
end is adapted to axially enter a socket head screw. The ball portion 
is adapted to enter a socket such that when turning the socket the 
socket head screw can be turned when the socket axis is not axially 
aligned with the screw axis.

ADDRESSES: Requests for copies of the invention cited should be 
directed to the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Div, Code OCF, Bldg 
64, 300 Highway 361, Crane, IN 47522-5001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Darrell Boggess, Naval Surface 
Warfare Center, Crane Div, Code OCF, Bldg 64, 300 Highway 361, Crane, 
IN 47522-5001, telephone (812) 854-1130. To download an application for 
license, see: www.crane.navy.mil/foia_pa/CranePatents.asp.

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

    Dated: March 28, 2003.
R.E. Vincent II,
Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Navy, 
Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-8673 Filed 4-8-03; 8:45 am]
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