[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 177 (Thursday, September 13, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 52397]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-18008]


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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[Notice (07-065)]


Notice of Intent To Grant Exclusive License

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

ACTION: Notice of Intent to Grant Exclusive 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 hereby gives notice of its intent to 
grant an exclusive license worldwide to practice the inventions 
described and claimed in U.S. Patent No. 6,046,398, entitled 
``Micromachined Thermoelectric Sensors and Arrays and Process for 
Producing'' to Ithaco Space Systems, a wholly owned subsidiary of 
Goodrich Corporation, having its principal place of business in Ithaca, 
New York. The fields of use may be limited to sensor applications for 
FTIR spectroscopy, aerospace, automotive, industrial process control, 
medical, and pharmaceutical fields. The patent rights in these 
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 exclusive license may be granted unless, within 
fifteen (15) days from the date of this published notice, NASA receives 
written objections including 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 also be treated as objections to the grant of the 
contemplated exclusive license. Objections submitted in response to 
this notice will not be made available to the public for inspection 
and, to the extent permitted by law, will not be released under the 
Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. 552.

ADDRESSES: Objections relating to the prospective license may be 
submitted to Patent Counsel, Office of Chief Counsel, Mail Code 180-
200, NASA Management Office, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109, 
(818) 354-7770; (818) 393-3160 [Facsimile].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Homer, Patent Counsel, NASA 
Management Office, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Mail Code 180-200, 4800 
Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109, (818) 354-7770; (818) 393-3160 
[Facsimile]. Information about other NASA inventions available for 
licensing can be found online at http://technology.nasa.gov/.

    Dated: September 6, 2007.
Keith T. Sefton,
Deputy General Counsel, Administration and Management.
[FR Doc. E7-18008 Filed 9-12-07; 8:45 am]
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