[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 213 (Monday, November 3, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 65413]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-26165]


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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[Notice: (08-083)]


Notice of Intent To Grant Partially Exclusive License

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

ACTION: Notice of intent to grant a 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 to practice the invention described 
and claimed in NASA Case Number LAR-15602-1 entitled ``Passive Fetal 
Heart Monitoring System,'' U.S. Patent Number 6,749,573; LAR-15602-2 
entitled ``Method for Simultaneously Making a Plurality of Acoustic 
Signal Sensor Elements,'' U.S. Patent Number 6,954,971; and LAR-15990-1 
entitled ``Passive Fetal Heart Monitoring System,'' U.S. Patent Number 
6,551,251 to Slingshot Product Development Group, having its principal 
place of business in Lawrenceville, Georgia. The field of use is 
limited to passive fetal heart monitoring systems. The patent rights 
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 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, NASA Langley 
Research Center, MS 141, Hampton, VA 23681; (757) 864-3221 (phone), 
(757) 864-9190 (fax).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Helen M. Galus, Patent Attorney, 
Office of Chief Counsel, NASA Langley Research Center, MS 141, Hampton, 
VA 23681; (757) 864-3227; Fax: (757) 864-9190. Information about other 
NASA inventions available for licensing can be found online at http://techtracs.nasa.gov/.

    Dated: October 29, 2008.
Michael C. Wholley,
General Counsel, Administration and Management.
 [FR Doc. E8-26165 Filed 10-31-08; 8:45 am]
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