[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 163 (Tuesday, August 23, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 52696]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-21417]


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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[Notice (11-077)]


Notice of Intent To Grant Partially Exclusive License

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

ACTION: Notice of intent to grant partially exclusive license.

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SUMMARY: This notice is issued in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(e) 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 
inventions described and claimed in USPN 6,133,036, Preservation of 
Liquid Biological Samples, NASA Case No. MSC- 22616-2 and USPN 
6,716,392, Preservation of Liquid Biological Samples, NASA Case No. 
MSC- 22616-3 to Quest Diagnostics Incorporated having its principal 
place of business in Madison, New Jersey. 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 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 Patent Counsel, Office of Chief Counsel, NASA Johnson 
Space Center, 2101 NASA Parkway, Houston, Texas 77058, Mail Code AL; 
Phone (281) 483-3021; Fax (281) 483-6936.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kurt G. Hammerle, Intellectual 
Property Attorney, Office of Chief Counsel, NASA Johnson Space Center, 
2101 NASA Parkway, Houston, Texas 77058, Mail Code AL; Phone (281) 483-
1001; Fax (281) 483-6936. Information about other NASA inventions 
available for licensing can be found online at http://technology.nasa.gov/.

    Dated: August 17, 2011.
Richard W. Sherman,
Deputy General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2011-21417 Filed 8-22-11; 8:45 am]
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