[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 35 (Thursday, February 21, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9597-9598]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-3139]


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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[Notice (08-015)]


Notice of Intent To Grant Partially Exclusive License

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

ACTION: Notice of intent to grant partially 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 a partially exclusive license worldwide to practice the 
inventions described and claimed in U.S. Patent Nos. 5,684,531, 
entitled ``Ranging Apparatus and Method Implementing Stereo Vision 
System''; 5,673,082, entitled ``Light-Directed Ranging System 
Implementing Single Camera System for Telerobotics Applications''; and 
6,244,644, entitled ``Compact Dexterous Robotic Hand'', to HyperMedia 
Corporation, having its principal place of business in Barker, Texas. 
The fields of use may be limited to underwater applications for oil and 
gas exploration and production. 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 partially exclusive license will comply with the terms 
and conditions of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7.

DATES: The prospective partially 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

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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 partially 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 AL, 
2101 NASA Parkway, Houston, TX 77058, (281) 483-4871; (281) 483-6936 
[Facsimile].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kurt G. Hammerle, Patent Attorney, 
Office of Chief Counsel, Johnson Space Center, Mail Code AL, 2101 NASA 
Parkway, Houston, TX 77058, (281) 483-1001; (281) 483-6936 [Facsimile]. 
Information about other NASA inventions available for licensing can be 
found online at http://technology.nasa.gov/.

    Dated: February 13, 2008.
Keith T. Sefton,
Deputy General Counsel, Administration and Management.
 [FR Doc. E8-3139 Filed 2-20-08; 8:45 am]
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