[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 167 (Tuesday, August 28, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 43849]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-18551]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


Change of Publication Manner for Invention Licenses

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of 
Commerce.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Currently, the National Institute of Standards and Technology 
(NIST) publishes notices of prospective exclusive, co-exclusive or 
partially exclusive domestic or foreign licenses of Government owned 
inventions in the Federal Register. NIST is announcing that it will 
begin publishing such notices at FEDBIZOPPS.GOV (https://www.fbo.gov/), 
providing opportunity for filing written objections within at least a 
15-day period.

ADDRESSES: Questions related to this notice 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: Paul Zielinski, NIST Technology 
Partnerships Office, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 2200, Gaithersburg, MD 
20899; by email at [email protected], or by phone at 301-975-
2573.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to 37 CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i), an 
exclusive, co-exclusive or partially exclusive domestic license, and, 
pursuant to 37 CFR 404.7(b)(1)(i), an exclusive, co-exclusive or 
partially exclusive foreign license, may be granted on Government owned 
inventions only if notice of a prospective license has been published 
in the Federal Register or other appropriate manner, providing 
opportunity for filing written objections within at least a 15-day 
period.
    NIST provides notice that it will publish future notices of 
prospective exclusive, co-exclusive or partially exclusive domestic or 
foreign licenses in FEDBIZOPPS.GOV (https://www.fbo.gov/), providing 
opportunity for filing written objections within at least a 15-day 
period.

    Authority: 35 U.S.C. 200 et seq.

Phillip Singerman,
Associate Director for Innovation and Industry Services.
[FR Doc. 2018-18551 Filed 8-27-18; 8:45 am]
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