[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 156 (Monday, August 13, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 48130]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-19805]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


Prospective Grant of Exclusive Patent License

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of prospective grant of exclusive patent license.

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SUMMARY: This is a notice in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(e) and 37 
CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i) that the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology (``NIST''), U.S. Department of Commerce, is contemplating 
the grant of an exclusive license in the United States of America, its 
territories, possessions and commonwealths, to NIST's interest in the 
invention embodied in Provisional Application for Patent Application 
No. 61,638,362 titled ``Flow Cytometer Systems and Associated 
Methods,'' NIST Docket No. 11-010 to the Regents of the University of 
Colorado, having a place of business at 1800 Grant Street, 8th Floor, 
Denver, CO 80203. The grant of the license would be for all fields of 
use.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cathy Cohn, National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, Technology Partnerships Office, 100 Bureau 
Drive, Stop 2200, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, (301) 975-6691, fax: (301) 
975-3482, or email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The prospective exclusive license will be 
royalty bearing and will comply with the terms and conditions of 35 
U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7. The prospective exclusive license may be 
granted unless, within fifteen days from the date of this published 
Notice, NIST receives written evidence and argument which 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.
    Provisional Application for Patent Application No. 61,638,362 is 
co-owned by the U.S. government, as represented by the Secretary of 
Commerce and the Regents of the University of Colorado. The invention 
is a flow cytometer system for algal cells which includes a flow cell 
having an interrogation region, a long wavelength illuminator for 
illuminating algal cells entering the interrogation region, and a short 
wavelength illuminator for exciting fluorescence within the algal 
cells. The system also includes one or more photodetectors for 
measuring the fluorescence, and a data acquisition system that detects 
the illuminated algal cells in the interrogation region. The data 
acquisition system controls the illuminators to provide specific 
conditions for stimulating the fluorescence, and acquires data from the 
one or more photodetectors to provide information of the algal cells.

    Dated: August 8, 2012.
Willie E. May,
Associate Director for Laboratory Programs.
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