[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 24 (Thursday, February 5, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6506-6507]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-02297]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


National Energy Technology Laboratory; Notice of Intent To Grant 
Partially Exclusive License

AGENCY: National Energy Technology Laboratory, Department of Energy.

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(c)(1) 
and 37 CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i). The National Energy Technology Laboratory 
(NETL) hereby gives notice of its intent to grant a partially exclusive 
license to practice the invention described and claimed in U.S. Patent 
Number 8,111,059, titled ``Electric Current Locator'' to KW Associates, 
LLC., a small business having its principal place of business in 
Albany, Oregon. The patent is owned by United States of America, as 
represented by the Department of Energy. The prospective partially 
exclusive license complies with the requirements of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 
37 CFR 404.7.

DATES: Written comments, objections, or nonexclusive license 
applications must be received at the address listed below no later than 
February 20, 2015. 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: Comments, applications for nonexclusive licenses, or 
objections relating to the prospective exclusive license should be 
submitted to Jessica Sosenko, Technology Transfer Program Manager, U.S. 
Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory, P.O. Box 
10940, Pittsburgh, PA 15236-0940, or via facsimile to (412) 386-5920.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jessica Sosenko, Technology Transfer 
Program Manager, U.S. Department of

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Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory, P.O. Box 10940, 
Pittsburgh, PA 15236; Telephone (412) 386-7417; Email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 209(c) of title 35 of the United 
States Code gives the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) the authority to 
grant exclusive or partially exclusive licenses in Department-owned 
inventions where a determination can be made, among other things, that 
the desired practical application of the invention has not been 
achieved, or is not likely to be achieved expeditiously, under a 
nonexclusive license. The statute and implementing regulations (37 CFR 
404) require that the necessary determinations be made after public 
notice and opportunity for filing written comments and objections.
    KW Associations, LLC, a small business, has applied for a partially 
exclusive license to practice the invention and has a plan for 
commercialization of the invention. DOE intends to grant the license, 
upon a final determination in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(c), unless 
within 15 days of publication of this notice, NETL's Technology 
Transfer Manager (contact information listed above), receives in 
writing any of the following, together with supporting documents:
    (i) A statement from any person setting forth reasons why it would 
not be in the best interest 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 it already has brought the invention to 
practical application or is likely to bring the invention to practical 
application expeditiously.
    The proposed license will be partially exclusive, subject to a 
license and other rights retained by the United States, and subject to 
a negotiated royalty. The exclusive field of use is: Industrial 
processes exhibiting diffuse current paths, such as specialty steel and 
alloy processing, industrial microwave processing, solid state energy 
systems, and other high temperature industrial processes. DOE will 
review all timely written responses to this notice, and will grant the 
license if, after expiration of the 15-day notice period, and after 
consideration of any written responses to this notice, a determination 
is made in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(c) that the license is in the 
public interest.

    Issued: January 20, 2015.
Grace M. Bochenek,
Director, National Energy Technology Laboratory.
[FR Doc. 2015-02297 Filed 2-4-15; 8:45 am]
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