[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 58 (Tuesday, March 28, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 15374]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-06122]


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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[Notice (17-015)]


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: NASA hereby gives notice of its intent to grant an exclusive 
license in the United States to practice the invention described and 
claimed in U.S Non-Provisional Patent Application Serial No. 13/
757,929, entitled ``MULTI-Gb/s LASER COMMUNICATIONS TERMINAL FOR MINI-
SPACECRAFT,'' NASA Case No. NPO-48413, and any issued patents or 
continuations in part resulting therefrom, to OnOffBlock, Inc., having 
its principal place of business in Naperville, Illinois.

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 Patent Counsel, NASA Management Office, Jet Propulsion 
Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, M/S 180-800C, Pasadena, CA 91109, 
(818) 854-7770 (phone), (818) 393-2607 (fax).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Homer, Patent Counsel, NASA 
Management Office, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, M/S 
180-800C, Pasadena, CA 91109, (818) 854-7770 (phone), (818) 393-2607 
(fax).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice of intent to grant an exclusive 
patent license is issued in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(c)(1) 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. 2017-06122 Filed 3-27-17; 8:45 am]
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