[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 215 (Tuesday, November 8, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 67685]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-22232]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Albany Research Center; Notice of Intent To Grant Exclusive or 
Partially Exclusive Patent License

AGENCY: Department of Energy (DOE), Albany Research Center (ALRC).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of an intent to grant to Harbison-
Walker Refractories Co. at Moon Township, Pennsylvania, an exclusive or 
partially exclusive license to practice the invention described in the 
U.S. patent number 6,815,386 titled, ``Use of Phosphates to Reduce Slag 
Penetration in Cr2O3-Based Refractories.'' The 
invention is owned by the United States of America, as represented by 
the Department of Energy (DOE). The proposed license will be exclusive 
or partially exclusive, subject to a license and other rights retained 
by the U.S. Government, and other terms and conditions to be 
negotiated. DOE intends to grant the license, upon a final 
determination in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(c), unless within 15 
days of publication of this Notice the Research Marketing Specialist, 
Department of Energy, Albany Research Center, 1450 Queen Avenue, SW., 
Albany, OR 97321-2198, receives in writing any of the following, 
together with the supporting documents:
    (i) A statement from any person setting forth reasons why it would 
not be in the best interest of the United States to grant the proposed 
license; or
    (ii) An application for a nonexclusive license to the invention, in 
which applicant states that it already has brought the invention to 
practical application or is likely to bring the invention to practical 
application expeditiously.

DATES: Written comments or nonexclusive license applications are to be 
received at the address listed below no later than fifteen (15) days 
after the date of this published Notice.

ADDRESSES: Paula Turner, Research Marketing Specialist, U.S. Department 
of Energy, Albany Research Center, 1450 Queen Avenue SW., Albany, OR 
97321-2198.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Paula Turner, Research Marketing Specialist, 
U.S. Department of Energy, Albany Research Center, 1450 Queen Avenue 
SW., Albany, OR 97321-2198; Telephone (541) 967-5966; E-mail: 
@[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 35 U.S.C. 209(c) provides the DOE with 
authority to grant exclusive or partially exclusive licenses in 
Department-owned inventions, where a determination can be made, among 
other things, that the desired practical application of the invention 
has not been achieved, or is not likely expeditiously to be achieved, 
under a nonexclusive license. The statute and implementing regulations 
(37 CFR part 404) require that the necessary determinations be made 
after public notice and opportunity for filing written objections.
    Harbison-Walker Refractories, a business located at Moon Township, 
Pennsylvania, has applied for an exclusive or partially exclusive 
license to practice the invention and has a plan for commercialization 
of the invention.
    The proposed license will be exclusive or partially exclusive, 
subject to a license and other rights retained by the U.S. Government, 
and subject to a negotiated royalty. The Department will review all 
timely written responses to this notice, and will grant the license if, 
after expiration of the 15-day notice period, and after consideration 
of written responses to this notice, a determination is made, in 
accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(c), that the license grant is in the 
public interest.

    Dated: October 18, 2005.
George J. Dooley,
Research Director, Albany Research Center.
[FR Doc. 05-22232 Filed 11-7-05; 8:45 am]
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