[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 233 (Monday, December 5, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 87594-87595]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-29048]


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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[Notice (16-084)]


Notice of Intent To Grant an Exclusive License

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and Space Administration

ACTION: Notice of Intent to Grant an 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). The National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration (NASA) hereby gives notice of its intent to grant an 
exclusive license in the United States to practice the inventions 
described and claimed in U.S. Patent Number 8,111,943, titled ``Smart 
Image Enhancement Process,'' NASA Case Number LAR-17240-1; U.S. Patent 
Number 8,655,513, titled ``Methods of

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Real Time Image Enhancement of Flash LIDAR Data and Navigating a 
Vehicle Using Flash LIDAR Data,'' NASA Case Number LAR-17799-1; U.S. 
Patent Number 9,007,569, titled ``Coherent Doppler Lidar for Measuring 
Altitude, Ground Velocity, and Air Velocity of Aircraft and Spaceborne 
Vehicles,'' NASA Case Number LAR-17801-1; and U.S. Patent Number 
8,494,687, titled ``Method for Enhancing A Three Dimensional Image From 
A Plurality of Frames of Flash LIDAR Data,'' NASA Case Number LAR-
17894-1, to light touch, LLC, having its principal place of business in 
Hampton, Virginia. Certain 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 partially 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, NASA Langley 
Research Center, MS 30, Hampton, VA 23681; (757) 864-3221 (phone), 
(757) 864-9190 (fax).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrea Z. Warmbier, Patent Attorney, 
Office of Chief Counsel, NASA Langley Research Center, MS 30, Hampton, 
VA 23681; (757) 864-3221; Fax: (757) 864-9190. 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. 2016-29048 Filed 12-2-16; 8:45 am]
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