[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 37 (Monday, February 26, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 8357]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-851]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army


Availability for Non-Exclusive, Exclusive, or Partially Exclusive 
Licensing of U.S. Patent Application Concerning a Coherent Radar and 
Ladar Polarimeter

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with 37 CFR 404.6 and 404.7, announcement is 
made of the availability for licensing of the invention set forth in 
U.S. Patent Application No. 10/631,218 entitled ``A Coherent Radar and 
Ladar Polarimeter,'' filed on July 25, 2003. The United States 
Government, as represented by the Secretary of the Army, has rights in 
this invention.

ADDRESSES: Office of Research and Technology Applications, SDMC-RDTC-
TDL (Ms. Susan D. McRae), Bldg. 5220, Von Braun Complex, Redstone 
Arsenal, AL 35898.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Joan Gilsdorf, Patent Attorney, e-
mail: [email protected] (256) 955-3213 or Ms. Susan D. McRae, 
Office of Research and Technology Applications, e-mail: 
[email protected]; (256) 955-1501.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The invention pertains to determining the 
state of polarization of an electromagnetic signal. A polarimeter 
includes a receiver that receives a first polarization (P1) of the 
signal and splits the first polarization of the signal into the in-
phase (IP1) and quadrature (QP1) components, and 
receives a second poplarization (P2) of the signal and splits the 
second polarization of the signal into the in-phase (IP1) 
and quadrature (QP2) components. The polarimeter may also 
include a processor that receives each of the in-phase and quadrature 
components ((IP1), (QP1), (IP2), and 
(QP2)) of the first and second polarizations and determines 
the Stokes polarization vector components (s0, 
s1, s2, and s3) of the signal.

Brenda S. Bowen,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 07-851 Filed 2-23-07; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3710-08-M