[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 15 (Tuesday, January 25, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 3523]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-1289]


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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 Application 
No. 10/113,643 entitled ``Efficient Near-Neighbor Search (ENN-SEARCH) 
Method for High Dimensional Data Sets with Noise'', Navy Case No. 
82,296.

DATES: Anyone wishing to object to the grant of this license must file 
written objections along with supporting evidence, if any, not later 
than February 9, 2005.

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: January 18, 2005.
I.C. Le Moyne Jr.,
Lieutenant, Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Navy, Alternate 
Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 05-1289 Filed 1-24-05; 8:45 am]
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