[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 35 (Tuesday, February 22, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9820-9821]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-3781]


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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[Notice (11-018)]


Notice of Intent To Grant a 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 in the United States to practice 
the invention described and claimed in United States Patent 7,509,774 
(issued March 31, 2009) and NASA Case No. MSC 24201-1, entitled 
``Apparatus For Integrating A Rigid Structure Into A Flexible Wall Of 
An Inflatable Structure'' to Bigelow Aerospace, having its principal 
place of business in North Las Vegas, Nevada. The fields of use may be 
limited to expandable spacecraft, vehicles, modules, and the like for 
operation in exoatmospheric space, including applications, sales, 
lease, and other commercial uses or applications thereof for research 
and development, space tourism, and other commercial endeavors. The 
patent rights in this invention 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 partially 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 the Johnson Space Center (JSC) Patent Counsel, JSC Office 
of Chief Counsel, Mail Code AL, 2101 NASA Parkway, Houston, Texas 
77058.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Theodore U. Ro, Patent Attorney, JSC 
Office of Chief Counsel, (281) 244-7148 (phone), (281) 483-6936 (fax), 
[email protected] (e-mail address). Information about other NASA 
inventions available for licensing can be found online at http://technology.nasa.gov/


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    Dated: February 5, 2011.
Richard W. Sherman,
Deputy General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2011-3781 Filed 2-18-11; 8:45 am]
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