[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 70 (Tuesday, April 13, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 18825]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-8389]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Advantage Electronic Product Development Incorporated/Utility 
Crew Safety LLC

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of intent to grant exclusive patent license.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given with an intent to grant to: Advantage 
Electronic Product Development Incorporated/Utility Crew Safety LLC, of 
Broomfield, Colorado, an exclusive license to practice the inventions 
described in U.S. Patent Application No. 12/401,033, entitled ``Ground 
Potential Rise Monitor,'' and PCT/US10/26189, entitled ``Ground 
Potential Rise Monitor,'' in the United States and in foreign 
countries. The inventions are owned by the United States of America, as 
represented by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).

DATES: Written comments or nonexclusive license applications are to be 
received at the address listed below no later than April 28, 2010.

ADDRESSES: Office of the Assistant General Counsel for Technology 
Transfer and Intellectual Property, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 
Independence Ave., SW., Washington, DC 20585.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Annette R. Reimers, Office of the 
Assistant General Counsel for Technology Transfer and Intellectual 
Property, U.S. Department of Energy, Forrestal Building, Room 6F-067, 
1000 Independence Ave., SW., Washington, DC 20585; Telephone (202) 586-
3815.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 35 U.S.C. 209 provides Federal agencies with 
authority to grant exclusive licenses in Federally-owned inventions, 
if, among other things, the agency finds that the public will be served 
by the granting of the license. The statute requires that no exclusive 
license may be granted unless public notice of the intent to grant the 
license has been provided, and the agency has considered all comments 
received in response to that public notice before the end of the 
comment period. Under 37 CFR 404.7, DOE has considered whether the 
interests of the Federal Government or the United States industry in 
foreign commerce will be enhanced.
    Advantage Electronic Product Development Incorporated/Utility Crew 
Safety LLC, of Broomfield, Colorado, has applied for an exclusive 
license to practice the inventions embodied in U.S. Patent Application 
No. 12/401,033, entitled ``Ground Potential Rise Monitor'' and PCT/
US10/26189, entitled ``Ground Potential Rise Monitor,'' and has plans 
for commercialization of the inventions. The exclusive license will be 
subject to a license and other rights retained by the U.S. Government 
and other terms and conditions to be negotiated. DOE intends to 
negotiate to grant the license, unless, within 15 days of this notice, 
the Assistant General Counsel for Technology Transfer and Intellectual 
Property, Department of Energy, Washington, DC 20585, receives in 
writing any of the following, together with supporting documents:
    (i) A statement from any person setting forth reason why it would 
not be in the best interests of the United States to grant the proposed 
license; or
    (ii) An application for a nonexclusive license to the invention in 
which applicant states that it already has brought the invention to 
practical application or is likely to bring the invention to practical 
application expeditiously.
The Department will review all timely written responses to this notice 
and will proceed with negotiating the license if, after consideration 
of written responses to this notice, a finding is made that the license 
is in the public interest.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on April 07, 2010.
Paul A. Gottlieb,
Assistant General Counsel for Technology Transfer and Intellectual 
Property.
[FR Doc. 2010-8389 Filed 4-12-10; 8:45 am]
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