[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 107 (Tuesday, June 3, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31678-31679]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-12400]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


Notice of Prospective Grant of Exclusive Patent License

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Prospective Grant of Exclusive Patent License.

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SUMMARY: This is a notice in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(c)(1) and 37 
CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i) that the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology (``NIST''), U.S. Department of Commerce, is contemplating 
the grant of an exclusive license in the United States of America, its 
territories, possessions and commonwealths, to NIST's interest in the 
invention embodied in U.S. Patent No. 6,168,755 (Application No. 09/
321/113), titled ``High Nitrogen Stainless Steel,'' NIST Docket No. 98-
025 to Carpenter Technology Corporation Inc., having a place of 
business at 101 West Bern Street, Reading, PA 19601. The grant of the 
license would be for the field of use: Biomedical Applications.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  J. Terry Lynch, National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, Office of Technology Partnerships, 100 Bureau 
Drive, Stop 2200, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, Phone 301-975-2691.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The prospective exclusive license will be 
royalty bearing and will comply with the terms and conditions of 35 
U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7. The prospective exclusive license may be 
granted unless, within thirty days from the date of this published 
Notice, NIST receives written evidence and argument which 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. The availability of the 
invention for licensing was published in the Federal Register on 
February 16, 2000.
    U.S. Patent No. 6,168,755 is owned by the U.S. government, as 
represented by the Secretary of Commerce. The patent involves a high 
nitrogen stainless steel alloy and alloy powder comprising chromium 
(Cr), molybdenum (Mo), manganese (Mn), nickel (Ni), nitrogen (N) and 
iron (Fe). The composition of the stainless steel alloy and powder 
comprises between about 27 and about 30% by weight Cr, between about 
1.5 and about 4.0% by weight Mo, Mn present and is present in an amount 
up to 15% by weight, at least about 8% by weight Ni, and about 0.8 to 
about 0.97% by weight N with the balance being iron. It has been 
discovered that forming an alloy of this chemistry using nitrogen gas 
atomization process, followed by a consolidation process, the alloy is 
less likely to form detrimental ferrite, stable nitride and sigma 
(.sigma.) phases, without the need for further processing, such as 
solution treating and quenching. This allows for the formation of 
stainless steel articles having a thicker cross-section with reduced 
processing cost.

    Dated: May 28, 2008.
Richard F. Kayser,
Chief Scientist.
 [FR Doc. E8-12400 Filed 6-2-08; 8:45 am]
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