[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 51 (Wednesday, March 16, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14131-14132]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-05884]


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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[Notice 16-023]


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 8,577,120, Methods and Systems for 
Characterization of an Anomaly Using Infrared Flash Thermography, NASA 
Case No. MSC-24444-1; USPN 9,066,028 Methods and Systems for 
Measurement and Estimation of Normalized Contrast in Infrared 
Thermography, NASA Case No. MSC-24506-1 and USSN 14/727,383 Methods and 
Systems for Measurement and Estimation of Normalized Contrast in 
Infrared Thermography, MSC-24506-2 to Quatro Composites, LLC, having 
its principal place of business in Orange City, IA. 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.

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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 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, Mail Code AL; 
NASA Johnson Space Center, 2101 NASA Parkway, Houston, Texas 77058, 
Phone (281) 483-3021; Fax (281) 483-6936.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Michelle P. Lewis, Technology 
Transfer and Commercialization Office/XP1, NASA Johnson Space Center, 
2101 NASA Parkway, Houston, TX 77058, (281) 483-8051. Information about 
other NASA inventions available for licensing can be found online at 
http://technology.nasa.gov.

Mark P. Dvorscak,
Agency Counsel for Intellectual Property.
[FR Doc. 2016-05884 Filed 3-15-16; 8:45 am]
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