[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 110 (Thursday, June 7, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26500-26501]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-12231]


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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[Notice (18-048)]


Notice of Intent To Grant Partially Exclusive Patent License

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

ACTION: Notice of Intent to Grant Partially Exclusive Patent License.

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SUMMARY: NASA hereby gives notice of its intent to grant a partially 
exclusive patent license in the United States to practice the 
inventions described and claimed in U.S. Patent Application No. 15/
014,608 titled ``Nuclear Thermionic Avalanche Cells with Thermoelectric 
(NTAC-TE) Generator in Tandem Model,'' NASA Case Number LAR-17981-1; 
U.S. Patent Application No. 62/513,497 titled ``Portable Compact 
Thermionic Power Cell,'' NASA Case Number LAR-18860-P2; U.S. Patent 
Application No. 15/479,679 titled ``Metallic Junction Thermoelectric 
Generator,'' NASA Case Number LAR-18866-1; U.S. Patent Application No. 
62/621,930 titled ``Selective and Direct Deposition Technique for 
Streamlined CMOS Processing,'' NASA Case Number LAR-18925-P2; U.S. 
Patent Application No. 62/643,292 titled ``Portable Miniaturized 
Thermionic Power Cell with Multiple Regenerative Layers,'' NASA Case 
No. LAR-18926-P; U.S. Patent Application No. 62/643,303 titled ``High 
Performance Electric Generators Boosted by Nuclear Electorn Avalanche 
(NEA),'' NASA Case No. LAR-19112-P, to Braidy Industries, Inc., having 
its principal place of business in Ashland, Kentucky. The fields of use 
may be limited to power generators, generation of electricity and/or 
similar fields of use thereto.

DATES: The prospective partially exclusive patent license may be 
granted unless NASA receives written objections, including evidence and 
argument, no later than June 22, 2018 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-Dohl 
Act and implementing regulations. Competing applications completed and 
received by NASA no later than June 22, 2018 will also be

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treated as objections to the grant of the contemplated partially 
exclusive patent 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, Office of Chief Counsel, NASA Langley 
Research Center, MS 30, Hampton, Virginia 23681. Phone (757) 864-3221. 
Facsimile (757) 864-9190.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jonathan B. Soike, Patent Attorney, 
Office of Chief Counsel, NASA Langley Research Center, MS 30, Hampton, 
Virginia 23681. Phone (757) 864-7863. Facsimile (757) 864-9190.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice of intent to grant a partially 
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 partially exclusive patent 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 Dvorscak,
Agency Counsel for Intellectual Property.
[FR Doc. 2018-12231 Filed 6-6-18; 8:45 am]
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