[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 33 (Tuesday, February 19, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 9106]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-3006]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


LSBC, Inc.; Notice of Intent To Grant Exclusive Patent License

AGENCY: Department of Energy, Office of the General Counsel.
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given with an intent to grant to Lone Star 
Bit, (``LSBC, Inc.''), of Stafford, Texas, an exclusive license to 
practice the inventions described in U.S. Patent No. 6,427,791, 
entitled ``Drill bit assembly for releasably retaining a drill bit 
cutter.'' The inventions are owned by the United States of America, as 
represented by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).

DATES: Written comments or nonexclusive license applications are to be 
received at the address listed below no later than March 20, 2008.

ADDRESSES: Office of the Assistant General Counsel for Technology 
Transfer and Intellectual Property, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 
Independence Ave., SW., Washington, DC 20585.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Annette R. Reimers, Office of the 
Assistant General Counsel for Technology Transfer and Intellectual 
Property, U.S. Department of Energy, Forrestal Building, Room 6F-067, 
1000 Independence Ave., SW., Washington, DC 20585; Telephone (202) 586-
3815.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 35 U.S.C. 209 provides federal agencies with 
authority to grant exclusive licenses in federally-owned inventions, 
if, among other things, the agency finds that the public will be served 
by the granting of the license. The statute requires that no exclusive 
license may be granted unless public notice of the intent to grant the 
license has been provided, and the agency has considered all comments 
received in response to that public notice before the end of the 
comment period.
    LSBC, Inc., of Stafford, Texas has applied for an exclusive license 
to practice the inventions embodied in U.S. Patent No. 6,427,791 and 
has plans for commercialization of the inventions. The exclusive 
license will be subject to a license and other rights retained by the 
U.S. Government and other terms and conditions to be negotiated. DOE 
intends to negotiate to grant the license, unless, within 30 days of 
this notice, the Assistant General Counsel for Technology Transfer and 
Intellectual Property, Department of Energy, Washington, DC 20585, 
receives in writing any of the following, together with supporting 
documents:
    (i) A statement from any person setting forth reason why it would 
not be in the best interests 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.
The Department will review all timely written responses to this notice 
and will proceed with negotiating the license if, after consideration 
of written responses to this notice, a finding is made that the license 
is in the public interest.

    Issued in Washington, DC on February 7, 2008.
Paul A. Gottlieb,
Assistant General Counsel for Technology Transfer and Intellectual 
Property.
 [FR Doc. E8-3006 Filed 2-15-08; 8:45 am]
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