[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 113 (Tuesday, June 14, 2005)]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


Notice of Jointly Owned Inventions Available for Licensing

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of jointly owned inventions available for licensing.

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SUMMARY: The inventions listed below are jointly owned by the U.S. 
Government, as represented by the Department of Commerce. The 
inventions are available for 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 
these inventions 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 inventions available for licensing are:
[NIST DOCKET NUMBER: 02-004US]
    Title: Bio-Affinity Porous Matrix in Microfluidic Channels.
    Abstract: This invention is jointly owned by the U.S. Government, 
as represented by the Department of Commerce, and Loyola College. 
Acrylamide-modified DNA probes are immobilized in polycarbonate 
microfluidic channels via photopolymerization in a polyacrylamide 
matrix. The resulting polymeric, hydrogel plugs are porous under 
electrophoretic conditions and hybridize with fluorescently-tagged 
complementary DNA. The double stranded DNA can be chemically denatured 
and the chip may be reused with a new analytical sample. Conditions for 
photopolymerization, hybridization, and denaturation are discussed. The 
photopolymerization of plugs containing different DNA probe sequences 
in one microfluidic channel, thereby enabling the selective detection 
of multiple DNA target in one electrophoretic pathway are demonstrated.
[NIST DOCKET NUMBER: 05-003US]
    Title: Macro/Micro Crane.
    Abstract: This invention is jointly owned by the U.S. Government, 
as represented by the Department of Commerce, and Oceaneering 
International, Inc. The invention describes a crane concept to 
facilitate the transfer of containerized cargo between two ships at 
sea. The invention uses a macro/micro design under which a serial set 
of independently controlled manipulators move a load between a base 
ship and a target ship. The manipulator is a modified container crane 
mounted on a ship subject to the actions of sea and wind. The 
modification compensates for the large motions of the base ship. The 
micro-manipulator moves the load and compensates for the motions of the 
receiving ship and the unscheduled motions of the base ship remaining 
after the macro-manipulator compensation.

    Dated: June 7, 2005.
Hratch G. Semerjian,
Acting Director.
[FR Doc. 05-11730 Filed 6-13-05; 8:45 am]
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