[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 250 (Friday, December 29, 2006)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-22432]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


Inventions Available for Licensing

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of inventions available for licensing.

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SUMMARY: The inventions listed below are owned in whole or in part by 
the U.S. Government, as represented by the Department of Commerce. The 
U.S. Government's ownership interest in 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 222, Room A155, 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: 04-014]

    Title: Ultra-Wideband Moisture Detector for Building Assemblies.
    Abstract: This invention is jointly owned by the U.S. Government, 
as represented by the Department of Commerce, and Intelligent 
Automation, Inc. The invention consists of an antenna array, ultra-
wideband radios, signal processing chips, and software. The resulting 
device allows a user to scan a wall assembly to determine areas of 
potential moisture accumulation. The software uses the signals received 
at the antenna array to generate real-time images of the moisture state 
of the wall. Additional applications for this invention include 
location of pipes, wires, and studs in walls.

[NIST Docket Number: 05-013]

    Title: Iris Digester-Evaporator Interface.
    Abstract: The domestic rights within the United States to this 
invention are owned by the U.S. Government, as represented by the 
Department of Commerce. The IRIS Digester-Evaporator interface was 
invented to overcome problems encountered when an inductively coupled 
plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) was coupled directly to the 
continuous flow from reversed phase liquid chromatography. The main 
problems encountered were: high background signal, first increasing and 
then decreasing in magnitude during the course of a chromatographic 
gradient of organic solvent, analyte transport difficulties, and carbon 
build up on the ICP-MS sampling cones from organic solvents. This 
device produces partial digestion of the sample using nitric acid, 
aiding analyte transport and detection. After evaporating the organic 
solvent and nitric acid, the device allows the sample to be sent to 
ICP-MS in a highly aqueous effluent, the preferred solvent. Through 
this process, a continuous flow from reverse phase liquid 
chromatography systems with gradient elution can be easily handled by 
existing ICP-MS instruments.

    Dated: December 20, 2006.
James E. Hill,
Acting Deputy Director.
[FR Doc. E6-22432 Filed 12-28-06; 8:45 am]
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