[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 176 (Thursday, September 11, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 53549]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-23178]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


National Institute of Standards and Technology

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Government owned invention 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 
is available for non-exclusive U.S. 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, fax 301-869-2751, or e-
mail: [email protected]. Any request for information should include 
the NIST Docket number and title for the 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 non-exclusive U.S. licensing is:

[Docket No.: 02-003US]

    Title: Low Cost Refreshable Tactile Graphic Array, and Driving 
Options for Scanned Tactile Graphic Display.
    Abstract: This invention provides apparatus and methods for 
extended, refreshable display of graphics, and particularly provides an 
extended refreshable tactile graphic array for scanned tactile displays 
that accommodates both a Braille matrix and a closely spaced matrix for 
graphics, that does not require the application of power to maintain 
the displayed image once the stimulus points, or pins, have been set, 
that can be operated using conventional electromechanical actuators 
each operatively associated with plural stimulus points, and that can 
be adapted for multi-level (relief) display.

    Dated: September 5, 2003.
Arden L. Bement, Jr.,
Director.
[FR Doc. 03-23178 Filed 9-10-03; 8:45 am]
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