[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 241 (Tuesday, December 16, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 70009]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-30971]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Notice of Intent To Grant Exclusive or Partially Exclusive Patent 
License

AGENCY: National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Department of 
Energy (DOE).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of an intent to grant to Powerspan 
Corporation at New Durham, New Hampshire, an exclusive or partially 
exclusive license to practice the invention described in the U.S. 
patent number 6,567,092 titled, ``Method for Removal of Mercury from 
Various Gas Streams.'' The invention is owned by the United States of 
America, as represented by the Department of Energy (DOE). The proposed 
license will be exclusive or partially exclusive, subject to a license 
and other rights retained by the U.S. Government, and other terms and 
conditions to be negotiated. DOE intends to grant the license, upon a 
final determination in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(c), unless within 
15 days of publication of this notice the Technology Transfer Manager, 
Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory, P.O. Box 
880, Morgantown, WV 26507-0880, receives in writing any of the 
following, together with the supporting documents: A statement from any 
person setting forth reasons why it would not be in the best interest 
of the United States to grant the proposed license; or, an application 
for a nonexclusive license to the invention, in which applicant states 
that it already has brought the invention to practical application or 
is likely to bring the invention to practical application 
expeditiously.

DATES: Written comments or nonexclusive license applications are to be 
received at the address listed below no later than fifteen (15) days 
after the date of this published notice.

ADDRESSES: Diane Newlon, Technology Transfer Manager, U.S. Department 
of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory, P.O. Box 880, 
Morgantown, WV 26507-0880.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Diane Newlon, Technology Transfer 
Manager, U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology 
Laboratory, P.O. Box 880, Morgantown, WV 26507-0880; Telephone (304) 
285-4086; E-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 35 U.S.C. 209(c) provides the DOE with 
authority to grant exclusive or partially exclusive licenses in 
Department-owned inventions, where a determination can be made, among 
other things, that the desired practical application of the invention 
has not been achieved, or is not likely expeditiously to be achieved, 
under a nonexclusive license. The statute and implementing regulations 
(37 CFR part 404) require that the necessary determinations be made 
after public notice and opportunity for filing written objections.
    Powerspan Corporation, a small business located at New Durham, New 
Hampshire, has applied for an exclusive or partially exclusive license 
to practice the inventions and has a plan for commercialization of the 
invention.
    The proposed license will be exclusive or partially exclusive, 
subject to a license and other rights retained by the U.S. Government, 
and subject to a negotiated royalty. The Department will review all 
timely written responses to this notice, and will grant the license if, 
after expiration of the 15-day notice period, and after consideration 
of written responses to this notice, a determination is made, in 
accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(c), that the license grant is in the 
public interest.

    Issued: December 1, 2003.
Rita A. Bajura,
Director, National Energy Technology Laboratory.
[FR Doc. 03-30971 Filed 12-15-03; 8:45 am]
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