[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 158 (Friday, August 15, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48256-48257]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-19339]


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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[Notice 14-078]


Notice of Intent To Grant Exclusive License

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

ACTION: Notice of Intent to Grant 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 
an exclusive license in the United States to practice the inventions 
described and claimed in USPN 6,730,498, Production of Functional 
Proteins: Balance of Shear Stress and Gravity, NASA Case No. MSC-22859-
1; USPN 6,946,246, Production of Functional Proteins: Balance of Shear 
Stress and Gravity, NASA Case No. MSC-22859-2; USPN 7,198,947, 
Production of Functional Proteins: Balance of Shear Stress and Gravity, 
NASA Case No. MSC-22859-3; and USPN 7,972,821, Production of Functional 
Proteins: Balance of Shear Stress and Gravity, NASA Case No. MSC-22859-
5 to GRoK Technologies, LLC, having its principal place of business in 
Houston, Texas. 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 exclusive license will comply with the terms and conditions 
of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7.

DATES: The prospective 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 exclusive license.
    Objections submitted in response to this notice will not be made 
available to the public for inspection and, to the

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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: Ms. Michelle P. Lewis, Technology 
Transfer and Commercialization Office/AO52, Johnson Space Center, 
Houston, TX 77058, (281) 483-8051. Information about other NASA 
inventions available for licensing can be found online at http://technology.nasa.gov.

Sumara M. Thompson-King,
Deputy General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2014-19339 Filed 8-14-14; 8:45 am]
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