[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 64 (Tuesday, April 5, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 17260]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-6711]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation


Prospective Grant of Exclusive Patent License

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice is issued in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(c)(1) 
and 37 CFR 404.7(a)(1)(I). The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) is 
contemplating the granting of an exclusive license in the United States 
to practice the invention embodied in U.S. Patent No. 6,466,009 B1, 
entitled, ``Flexible Printed Circuit Magnetic Flux Probe.'' The 
exclusive license is to be granted to Iris Power Engineering having a 
place of business in Toronto, Canada. Iris Power Engineering is owned 
by Koch Industries, Inc. of Wichita, Kansas. The patent rights in this 
invention have been assigned to the United States of America.
    The prospective exclusive license will be royalty-bearing and will 
comply with the terms and conditions of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7. 
While the primary purpose of this notice is to announce Reclamation's 
intent to grant an exclusive license to practice the above listed 
patent, it also serves to publish the availability of this patent for 
licensing in accordance with law. The prospective license may be 
granted unless Reclamation receives written evidence and argument which 
establish that the grant of the license would not be consistent with 
the requirements of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7.

DATES: Written evidence and arguments against granting the prospective 
license must be received by fifteen (15) days from the date of this 
notice.

ADDRESSES: Inquiries, comments, and other materials relating to the 
contemplated license may be submitted to Chuck Hennig, Research 
Coordinator, Bureau of Reclamation, Office of the Research Director, D-
9000, P.O. Box 25007, Denver, CO 80225-0007.
    A copy of the above identified patent may be purchased from the 
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, by calling (703) 308-9726 or (800) 
972-6382 or downloaded free of charge from the U.S. Patent and 
Trademark Office Web site at http://www.uspto.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Chuck Hennig ([email protected]), 
Research Coordinator, at 303-445-2134 or Siegie Potthoff 
([email protected]), Program Administrator, at 303-445-2136.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The invention relates to a flexible magnetic 
flux probe useful in the field of rotary generator and motor condition 
monitoring. Additional R&D is required to develop a commercially viable 
version of the device. In addition, a significant investment must be 
made to develop a market niche for the device.
    Competing applications completed and received by Reclamation in 
response to this notice within fifteen (15) days of this posting will 
be considered as objections to the grant of the contemplated license. 
Application forms are available from the Office of the Research 
Director, Bureau of Reclamation at the address above.
    Reclamation's practice is to make comments, including names and 
home addresses of respondents, available for public review. Individual 
respondents may request that we withhold their home address from public 
disclosure, which we will honor to the extent allowable by law. There 
may be circumstances in which we would withhold a respondent's identity 
from public disclosure, as allowable by law. If you wish us to withhold 
your name and/or address, you must state this prominently at the 
beginning of your comment. We will make all submissions from 
organizations or businesses, and from individuals identifying 
themselves as representatives or officials of organizations or 
businesses, available for public disclosure in their entirety.

    Dated: March 2, 2005.
Charles Hennig,
Research Coordinator, Denver Office.
[FR Doc. 05-6711 Filed 4-4-05; 8:45 am]
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