[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 19 (Tuesday, January 31, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 8863]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-02007]


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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[Notice: (17-003)]


Notice of Intent To Grant Exclusive Patent License

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

ACTION: Notice of intent to grant exclusive patent license.

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SUMMARY: NASA hereby gives notice of its intent to grant an exclusive 
patent license in the United States to practice the invention described 
and claimed in U.S. Patent Number 7,867,589 entitled ``Hybrid Cryogenic 
Tank Construction and Method of Manufacture thereof;''
    U.S. Patent Number 7,641,949 entitled ``Pressure Vessel with 
Improved Impact resistance and Method of making the same;'' U.S. Patent 
Number 8,561,829 entitled ``Composite Pressure Vessel including Crack 
Arresting Barrier;'' U.S. Patent Number 8,297,468 entitled ``Fuel Tank 
for Liquefied Natural Gas'' and U.S. Patent Number 6,953,129 entitled 
``Pressure Vessel with Impact and Fire Resistant and Method of making 
same'' to Cimarron Composites, having its principal place of business 
in Huntsville, Alabama (USA). The fields of use may be limited to 
design and manufacturing of composite tanks and pressure vessels for 
aerospace and other commercial applications.

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 
regarding the licensing of federally owned inventions as set forth in 
the Bayh-Dole Act and implementing regulations. 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.

ADDRESSES: Objections relating to the prospective license may be 
submitted to Mr. James J. McGroary, Chief Patent Counsel/LS01, Marshall 
Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL 35812, (256) 544-0013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Sammy Nabors, Technology Transfer 
Office/ZP30, Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL 35812, (256) 
544-5226.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice of intent to grant an exclusive 
patent license is issued in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(e) and 37 CFR 
404.7(a)(1)(i). 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 requirements of 35 
U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7.
    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. 2017-02007 Filed 1-30-17; 8:45 am]
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