[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 121 (Tuesday, June 24, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 37463]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-15872]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


Notice of Government Owned Inventions Available for Licensing

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of government owned inventions available for licensing.

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SUMMARY: The invention listed below is owned in whole by the U.S. 
Government, as represented by the Department of Commerce. The invention 
will be available for licensing beginning July 1, 2003, 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, fax 301-869-2751, or e-
mail: [email protected]. Any request for information should include 
the NIST Docket number and title for the relevant 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 inventions for purposes of commercialization. 
The invention available for licensing beginning July 1, 2003 is:

[Docket No.: 94-042US ]

    Title: Optical Trap For Detection and Quantitation Of Subzeptomolar 
Quantities of Analytes.
    Abstract: Tightly focused beams of laser light are used as 
``optical tweezers'' to trap and manipulate polarizable objects such as 
microspheres of glass or latex with diameters on the order of 4.5 
micrometers. When analytes are allowed to adhere to the microspheres, 
small quantities of these analytes can be manipulated, thus allowing 
their detection and quantitation even when amounts and concentrations 
of the analytes are extremely small. Illustrative examples include 
measuring the strength needed to break antibody-antigen bonds and the 
detection of DNA sequences.

    Dated: June 17, 2003.
Karen H. Brown,
Deputy Director.
[FR Doc. 03-15872 Filed 6-23-03; 8:45 am]
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