[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 110 (Thursday, June 8, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 33289]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-8903]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy


Notice of Availability of Government-Owned Inventions; Available 
for Licensing

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Navy hereby gives notice of the 
availability of exclusive or partially exclusive licenses to practice 
worldwide under the following pending patents. Any license granted 
shall comply with 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR part 404. Applications will 
be evaluated utilizing the following criteria: (1) Ability to 
manufacture and market the technology; (2) manufacturing and marketing 
ability; (3) time required to bring technology to market and production 
rate; (4) royalties; (5) technical capabilities; and (6) small business 
status.
    U.S. Patent application Serial Number 10/855,325 entitled, ``A 
Method for the Rapid Diagnosis of Infectious Disease by Detection and 
Quantitation of Microorganism Induced Cytokines'' filed on May 28, 
2004. The invention relates to a method of diagnosing infectious 
disease, including tuberculosis, by quantitating interferon-gamma and 
other cytokine concentrations from stimulated immune cells collected 
from whole blood. The method contemplates the use of FLT, FRET or FP.

DATES: Applications for a nonexclusive, exclusive, or partially 
exclusive license may be submitted at any time from the date of this 
notice.

ADDRESSES: Submit application to the Office of Technology Transfer, 
Naval Medical Research Center, 503 Robert Grant Ave., Silver Spring, MD 
20910-7500.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Charles Schlagel, Director, Office 
of Technology Transfer, Naval Medical Research Center, 503 Robert Grant 
Ave., Silver Spring, MD 20910-7500, telephone 301-319-7428, or E-Mail 
[email protected].

    Dated: June 1, 2006.
M.A. Harvison,
Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Navy, 
Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. E6-8903 Filed 6-7-06; 8:45 am]
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