[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 242 (Friday, December 18, 2009)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-30133]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


Jointly Owned Invention Available for Licensing

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of jointly owned invention available for licensing.

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SUMMARY: The invention listed below is jointly owned by the U.S. 
Government, as represented by the Department of Commerce, and the 
University of California, Berkeley, the Lawrence Berkeley National 
Laboratory, the University of Colorado, and Protiro. The Department of 
Commerce's interest in the invention is available for licensing in 
accordance with 35 U.S.C. 207 and 37 CFR part 404 to achieve 
expeditious commercialization of results of federally funded research 
and development.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Technical and licensing information on 
this invention may be obtained by writing to: National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, Office of Technology Partnerships, Building 
222, Room A242, Gaithersburg, MD 20899. Information is also available 
via telephone: 301-975-2649, fax 301-975-3482, or e- mail: 
[email protected]. Any request for information should include the 
NIST Docket number or Patent number and title for the invention as 
indicated below. The invention available for licensing is:

NIST Docket Number: 08-017

    Title: Integrated Microchip Incorporating Atomic Magnetometers and 
Microfluidic Channels for Detection of NMR and MRI.
    Abstract: A microfluidic chip incorporating an alkali vapor cell 
and microfluidic channel is described, which can be used to detect the 
nuclear magnetism of a polarized sample of nuclei in a fluid. Small 
magnetic fields in the vicinity of the vapor cell can be measured by 
optically polarizing and probing the spin precession in said small 
magnetic field. This can then be used to detect the magnetic field due 
to the sample of nuclei in the adjacent microfluidic channel. The 
nuclear magnetism in the microfluidic channel can be modulated by 
applying an appropriate series of radio or audio frequency pulses 
upstream from the microfluidic chip to yield a sensitive means of 
detecting nuclear magnetic resonance and magnetic resonance imaging.

    Dated: December 9, 2009.
Patrick Gallagher,
Director.
[FR Doc. E9-30133 Filed 12-17-09; 8:45 am]
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