[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 74 (Thursday, April 17, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21744-21745]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-08802]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


 Soil Water Monitoring Systems, LLC

AGENCY: Office of the General Counsel, Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of intent to grant exclusive patent license.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given to an intent to grant to Soil Water 
Monitoring Systems, LLC of Kennewick, WA, an exclusive license to 
practice the inventions described in U.S. Patent No. 6,752,007 entitled 
``Horizontal Advanced Tensiometer''. The invention is 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 May 2, 2014.

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: Michael Badagliacca, 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-
4792.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 35 U.S.C. 209 provides federal agencies with 
authority to grant exclusive licenses in

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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.
    Soil Water Monitoring Systems, LLC of Kennewick, WA has applied for 
an exclusive license to practice the inventions embodied in U.S. Patent 
No. 6,752,007 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 if 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 9, 2014.
John T. Lucas,
Assistant General Counsel for Technology, Transfer and Intellectual 
Property.
[FR Doc. 2014-08802 Filed 4-16-14; 8:45 am]
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