[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 107 (Wednesday, June 4, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 33480]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-13967]


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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.
    U.S. Patent Number 6,375,726 entitled ``Corrosion Resistant 
Coatings for Aluminum and Aluminum Alloys'', Navy Case No. 82512, 
Inventors Matzdorf et al., Issue Date 23 April 2002, Patent Cooperation 
Treaty (PCT) filing.//U.S. Patent Number 6,511,532 entitled ``Post 
Treatment for Anodized Aluminum'', Navy Case No.83248, Inventors 
Matzdorf et al., Issue Date 28 January 2003, PCT filing.//U.S. Patent 
Number 6,521,029 entitled ``Pretreatment for Aluminum and Aluminum 
Alloys'', Navy Case No. 83393, Inventors Matzdorf et al., Issue Date 18 
Feb 2003.//U.S. Patent Number 6,527,841 entitled ``Post Treatment for 
Metal Coated Substrates'', Navy Case No. 83075, Inventors Matzdorf et 
al., Issue Date 4 March 2003, PCT filing.

ADDRESSES: Requests for data, samples of Trivalent Chromium Pre/Post-
Treatment (TCP), panels treated with TCP, and inventor interviews 
should be directed to David Weston (406) 994-7477, [email protected]; 
or Dan Swanson (406) 994-7736, [email protected], TechLink, 900 
Technology Blvd., Suite A, Bozeman, MT, 59718. TechLink is an 
authorized DOD partnership intermediary. Requests should be made prior 
to July 1, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Hans Kohler, Office of Research 
and Technology Applications, Building 150/2, Naval Air Warfare Center, 
Lakehurst, NJ 08733-5000, telephone (732) 323-2948, E-Mail: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S. Navy intends to move expeditiously 
to license these patents. Licensing application packages are available 
from TechLink and all applications and commercialization plans must be 
returned to TechLink by August 15, 2003. Additional information and 
revisions to applications may be requested by TechLink through August 
30, 2003. TechLink will turn over all completed applications to the 
U.S. Navy for evaluation, final negotiation and award during the month 
of September 2003.
    The Navy, in its decisions concerning the granting of licenses, 
will give special consideration to small business firms, and consortia 
involving small business firms.
    The Navy intends to insure that its licensed inventions are broadly 
commercialized throughout the United States.
    PCT applications have been filed for each of the patents as noted 
above. The Navy intends that licensees interested in a license in 
Europe, Canada, China, and Japan will assume foreign prosecution and 
pay the costs of such prosecution.

(Authority: 35 U.S.C. 207, 37 CFR Part 404)

    Dated: May 29, 2003.
E.F. McDonnell,
Major, U.S. Marine Corps, Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-13967 Filed 6-3-03; 8:45 am]
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