[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 86 (Wednesday, May 6, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 21009]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-10498]


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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[Notice 09-039]


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 in the United States to Ocean Tomo Federal 
Services, having its principal place of business in Bethesda MD, to 
promote the utilization by the public of the inventions described and 
claimed in the following U.S. Patents by, inter alia, engaging in 
marketing activities: ``Microresonator and associated method for 
producing and controlling photonic signals with a photonic bandgap 
delay apparatus'', U.S. Patent No. 6,028,693; ``Fabrication of fiber 
optic grating apparatus and method'', U.S. Patent No. 6,873,762; 
``Video guidance sensor system with laser rangefinder'', U.S. Patent 
No. 6,658,329; ``Video image tracking engine'', U.S. Patent No. 
6,778,180; ``Video guidance sensor system with integrated 
rangefinding'', U.S. Patent No. 7,006,203; ``Synchronized docking 
system'', U.S. Patent No. 6,254,035; ``Synchronized autonomous docking 
system'', U.S. Patent No. 6,227,495; ``Control method for video 
guidance sensor system'', U.S. Patent No. 6,888,476; ``Fiber coupled 
laser diodes with even illumination pattern'', U.S. Patent No. 
7,174,077; ``Video sensor with range measurement capability'', U.S. 
Patent No. 7,375,801.
    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 licenses will comply with the terms and conditions of 35 
U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7. NASA has not yet made a determination to 
grant exclusive licenses and may deny the requested licenses even if no 
objections are submitted within the comment period.

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 exclusives licenses 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.
    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 James J. McGroary, Chief Patent Counsel/LS01, Marshall 
Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL 35812, (256) 544-0013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sammy A. Nabors, Technology Transfer 
Program Office/ED03, Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL 
35812, (256) 544-5226. Information about other NASA inventions 
available for licensing can be found online at http://technology.nasa.gov/.

    Dated: May 1, 2009.
Richard W. Sherman,
Deputy General Counsel.
[FR Doc. E9-10498 Filed 5-5-09; 8:45 am]
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