[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 192 (Wednesday, October 5, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58242-58243]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-19983]


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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[Notice 05-146]


Notice of Prospective Patent License

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

ACTION: Notice of prospective patent license.

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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). NASA is contemplating the granting of an 
exclusive license in the United States to practice the inventions 
described and claimed in U.S. Patents 4,815,279, ``Hybrid Plume Plasma 
Rocket,'' 4,893,470, ``Method of Hybrid Plume Plasma Propulsion,'' and 
6,334,302, ``Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket Engine,'' 
to Ad Astra Technologies, Inc., having a place of business in Houston, 
TX and incorporated in the state of Delaware. The fields of use may be 
limited to exoatmospheric applications. The patent rights in the 
inventions have been assigned to the United States of America as 
represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration. The prospective exclusive license will comply with the 
terms and conditions of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7.

DATES: The prospective partially exclusive license may be granted 
within fifteen (15) days from the date of this published notice, unless 
NASA receives written evidence and argument that 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. Competing applications completed and 
received by NASA within fifteen (15) days of the date of this published 
notice will be treated as objections to the grant of the contemplated 
partially exclusive license.
    NASA'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 may 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.

ADDRESSES: Inquires, comments, objections, and other material relating 
to the contemplated license may be submitted to Patent Counsel, Office 
of Chief Counsel, Johnson Space Center, Mail Code AL, 2101 NASA 
Parkway, Houston, Texas 77058.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Theodore Ro, Patent Attorney, NASA 
Johnson Space Center, Mail Stop AL, Houston, TX 77058-8452; telephone 
(281) 244-7148.


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    Dated: September 28, 2005.
Keith T. Sefton,
Deputy General Counsel, Administration and Management.
[FR Doc. 05-19983 Filed 10-4-05; 8:45 am]
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