[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 87 (Wednesday, May 6, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 26004]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-10497]


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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 U.S. Patent No. 8,918,884, entitled ``K-zero day 
safety,'' (NIST Docket No. 12-017) to the George Mason Research 
Foundation, Inc. The grant of the license would be for all fields of 
use.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Honeyeh Zube, National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, Technology Partnerships Office, 100 Bureau 
Drive, Stop 2200, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, (301) 975-2209, 
[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 (15) 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. U.S. Patent No. 
8,918,884 is co-owned by George Mason University and the U.S. 
Government, as represented by the Secretary of the Department of 
Commerce. The patent, which issued on December 23, 2014, describes 
systems and methods for determining a safety level of a network 
vulnerable to attack.

Kevin A. Kimball,
Chief of Staff.
[FR Doc. 2015-10497 Filed 5-5-15; 8:45 am]
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