[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 141 (Tuesday, July 25, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 34484]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-15491]


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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, Department of 
Commerce.

ACTION: Notice; prospective grant of exclusive patent license.

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SUMMARY: 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 Application No. 15/596,243, titled ``Linear Absorption 
Spectrometer to Optically Determine an Absolute Mole Fraction of 
Radiocarbon in a Sample'' (NIST Docket 17-011) to Planetary Emissions 
Management, Inc. The grant of the license would be for determination of 
carbon-14 isotope concentration in samples in all fields.

DATES: The prospective exclusive license may be granted unless 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 by August 9, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Information related to this license may be submitted to 
NIST, Technology Partnerships Office, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 2200, 
Gaithersburg, MD 20899, or emailed to [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Donald G. Archer, National Institute 
of Standards and Technology, Technology Partnerships Office, 100 Bureau 
Drive, Stop 2200, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, (301) 975-2522, 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a notice in accordance with 35 
U.S.C. 209(e) and 37 CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i) that NIST 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 Application No. 15/596,243, titled 
``Linear Absorption Spectrometer to Optically Determine an Absolute 
Mole Fraction of Radiocarbon in a Sample'' (NIST Docket 17-011) to 
Planetary Emissions Management, Inc. The grant of the license would be 
for determination of carbon-14 isotope concentration in samples in all 
fields.
    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. The Patent Application was filed on May 16, 2017 and 
describes systems and methods for determining a quantity of carbon-14 
in a sample.

Phillip Singerman,
Associate Director for Innovations and Industry Services.
[FR Doc. 2017-15491 Filed 7-24-17; 8:45 am]
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