[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 168 (Tuesday, August 31, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 53054]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-19843]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy


Notice of Intent To Grant Exclusive Patent License; SWORD 
Diagnostics

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DOD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Navy hereby gives notice of its intent 
to grant to SWORD Diagnostics, a revocable, nonassignable, exclusive 
license, to practice in the fields of rapid detection of pathogens for 
food safety; drinking water and process water; and human and veterinary 
diagnostic markets in the United States and certain foreign countries, 
the Government-owned inventions described in U.S. Patent No. 6,038,344 
entitled ``Intelligent Hypersensor Processing System (IHPS)'', Navy 
Case No. 77,409; U.S. Patent No. 6,167,156 entitled ``Compression of 
Hyperdata with ORASIS Multisegment Pattern Sets (CHOMPS)'', Navy Case 
No. 78,739; and U.S. Provisional Patent Application Serial No. 60/
535,179 entitled ``Scanned Wavelength Spectroscopic Detector (SWSD) for 
Identifying Biological Cells and Organisms'', Navy Case No. 84,871.

DATES: Anyone wishing to object to the grant of this license must file 
written objections along with supporting evidence, if any, not later 
than September 15, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Written objections are to be filed with the Naval Research 
Laboratory, Code 1004, 4555 Overlook Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20375-
5320.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Jane Kuhl, Head, Technology 
Transfer Office, NRL Code 1004, 4555 Overlook Avenue, SW., Washington, 
DC 20375-5320, telephone (202) 767-3083. Due to U.S. Postal delays, 
please fax (202) 404-7920, E-Mail: [email protected] or use 
courier delivery to expedite response.

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

    Dated: August 24, 2004.
J.H. Wagshul,
Commander, Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Navy, Federal Register 
Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 04-19843 Filed 8-30-04; 8:45 am]
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