[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 111 (Tuesday, June 10, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34605-34606]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-14575]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Government-Owned Inventions: Available for Licensing

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of availability of inventions for licensing.

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SUMMARY: The inventions named below are co-owned by the U.S. Government

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and are available for licensing in the United States in accordance with 
35 U.S.C. 207 and 37 CFR part 404. Pursuant to 37 CFR 404.7, beginning 
three months after the date of this notice the Government may grant 
exclusive or partially exclusive licenses on the inventions.
    Copies of the patents and 37 CFR part 404 can be obtained from Alan 
Ehrlich, Patent Counsel, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) at 
the address indicated below. Requests for copies of the patents must 
include the patent numbers listed in this notice.
    A party that is interested in obtaining a license must apply to EPA 
at the contact address below. The license application must contain the 
information set forth in 37 CFR 404.8, including the license 
applicant's plan for development or marketing of the inventions.
    EPA intends to license these patents in cooperation with the co-
owner, the University of Kentucky Research Foundation. Prior to 
granting an exclusive or partially exclusive license on these 
inventions, EPA, pursuant to 37 CFR 404.7, will publish in the Federal 
Register an additional notice identifying the specific inventions and 
the prospective licensees.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alan Ehrlich, Patent Counsel, Office 
of General Counsel (2377A), Environmental Protection Agency, 
Washington, DC 20460, telephone (202) 564-5457.

Patents

    U.S. Patent No. 6,544,419, Method of preparing a composite polymer 
and silica-based membrane, issued April 8, 2003;
    U.S. Patent No. 6,544,418, Preparing and regenerating a composite 
polymer and silica-based membrane, issued April 8, 2003;
    U.S. Patent No. 6,306,301, Silica-based membrane sorbent for heavy 
metal sequestration, issued October 23, 2001;
    U.S. Patent No. 6,139,742, Membrane-based sorbent for heavy metal 
sequestration, issued October 30, 2000;
    U.S. Patent No. 6,103,121, Membrane-based sorbent for heavy metal 
sequestration, issued August 15, 2000.

    Dated: June 1, 2003.
Marla E. Diamond,
Associate General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 03-14575 Filed 6-9-03; 8:45 am]
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